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Three arrested after UAE authorities co-operate to foil smugglers

The wider issue is the linkage of armed groups in southern Syria to the Syrian regime, Iran’s IRGC and likely to Hezbollah.

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BEIRUT: Trade in the amphetamine-type stimulant captagon in the Middle East grew exponentially in 2021 to top $5 billion, posing an increasing health and security risk to the region, a report said. Research by the New Lines Institute, to be released Tuesday and seen by AFP, paints an alarming picture of the impact booming captagon production is having on the region. “The

Trade in the amphetamine-type stimulant captagon in the Middle East grew exponentially in 2021 to top $5 billion, a report said.

New Lines Institute found that Syria is the main producer, Saudi Arabia is the main consumer, and Lebanon is a key transit point for the Captagon flows.

Produced mainly in Syria and consumed almost exclusively in the Middle East, the drug poses an increasing health and security risk to the region, according to New Lines Institute

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