It is a drug that floods the Gulf countries, often considered one of the main markets. A major seizure of captagon was announced this Thursday by the authorities of the United Arab Emirates. One of the most important in recent years since several tens of millions of pills of this amphetamine were intercepted.
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With our correspondent in Dubai, Nicolas Keraudren
The announcement was made on social networks against the backdrop of suspenseful music. We first see police officers tracking down the suspects after obtaining information. Then, seize five containers before opening the merchandise stored inside. The captagon was carefully hidden in door panels and other objects.
A total of 86 million amphetamine pills were seized by UAE authorities in a single operation dubbed “Storm”. The value of this cargo is more than a billion dollars. The nationality of the six people arrested, the origin of the containers and their final destination were not specified.
But in a number of seizures in recent years, in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and even Kuwait, the captagon pills came from Syria or Lebanon.
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