Iraq seizes three million pills of captagon, an amphetamine-type stimulant, near border with Syria
Iraqi security forces have intensified narcotics operations in recent months, with several high-profile drug seizures reported.
The pills had been hidden in apple crates "loaded onto a refrigerator truck" and discovered at Al Qaim crossing between Syria's Deir Ezzor province and western Iraq's Anbar desert region, the Iraqi border authority said on Saturday.A border authority official told the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity that the shipment from Syria into Iraq contained captagon pills produced by several manufacturers.
Sharing borders with Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait and other countries, Iraq has served as a major conduit for traffickers of captagon, which is primarily produced in Syria and has its largest market in Gulf Arab states.Jordan: Smugglers with large amounts of drugs killed at Syria borderIn June, Iraqi security forces said they had forced down a microlight aircraft near the Kuwaiti border headed to the emirate from Iran with one million captagon pills.
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