Iraq seizes one million Captagon pills in capital Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi security forces announced Monday the seizure of nearly one million Captagon pills in the possession of a foreign drug trafficker.
According to a statement, security forces seized large quantities of the drug hidden in a truck en route to a northern province.
The statement did not name the nationality of the suspect.
On July 16, the Interior Ministry reported the discovery of a laboratory for the production of rare captagon in the south of the country.
Earlier, authorities had announced the dismantling of an “international drug trafficking network” and the arrest of three of its members.
They seized two million Captagon pills in the southern province of Muthanna on the border with Saudi Arabia.
The Iraqi government recently launched a massive crackdown on drug trafficking.
The oil-rich Gulf states, which are target markets for Captagon, had urged Iraqi authorities to crack down on the menace.
Over the years, Iraq has emerged as a major transshipment point for the amphetamine-like drug, which often originates in Syria.
Iraq and Syria share a 600-kilometer porous border.
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