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Syria's Security Forces Seize 4mn Captagon Pills in Latakia
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Syria's security forces seize 4mn captagon pills in Latakia
Syria’s Ministry of Interior announced the seizure of more than 4mn of Captagon pills in the western city of Latakia, as part of a crackdown on drug trafficking. The shipment, intended for smuggling, was found hidden inside industrial equipment.
Syria foils attempt to smuggle out 4 million captagon tablets
Syrian authorities on Monday announced that they had thwarted an attempt to smuggle out four million tablets of captagon, an amphetamine-like narcotic that has flooded the region. The interior ministry said in a statement that authorities seized "over four million captagon tablets that were tightly hidden inside industrial equipment designed for manufacturing flour used for human consumption". It said they had acted on "accurate information rece…
A drug called Captagon, used by terrorism, settled in the Triple Border and already entered Argentina, with the aim of being used by criminals to not feel fear or pain in case of being shot or beaten by blunt objects when the victims defend themselves. Daniel Adler, a specialist in urban anti-terrorism, said that it is “a Syrian-Lebanese drug, which is an inhibitor of fear and pain and is used in the criminal world”. “It is used by the First Cap…
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