Saudi Arabia seizes 8 million Captagon pills as it courts Syria's Assad to clamp down
The kingdom and Jordan both want Syria to help stop the flourishing drug trade as they seek normalization with the Assad government.
Source: al-monitor.com
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Killing of Syrian Captagon kingpin turns up the heat on drug smugglers of the Middle East
DUBAI/AMMAN: Just days after Ayman Safadi, Jordan’s foreign minister, warned in an interview with CNN that his country is “not taking the threat of drug smuggling lightly” and is ready “to do what it takes to counter that threat,” Merhi Al-Ramthan, a reputed Syrian drug kingpin, was killed when airstrikes targeted his house in the village of Shuab in the Sweida governorate.
Source: arabnews.com
What is Captagon, the addictive drug mass-produced in Syria?
The drug, often smuggled to Gulf states, has been a key topic in discussions over Syria’s re-entry to the Arab League.
Source: aljazeera.com
Saudi authorities arrest 25 in drug smuggling blitz
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s anti-drug campaign has recorded a string of successes in recent days as the Kingdom steps up its crackdown on smuggling operations. On Saturday, 25 people were arrested in raids and anti-drug operations targeting smugglers in regions across the Kingdom. Six Pakistani residents in Jeddah were detained by the General Directorate for Narcotics Control
Source: arabnews.com
DMP arrests 61 for selling, consuming drugs in city
DHAKA, May 5, 2023 (BSS) - The members of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in
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Source: bssnews.net
Indore: Man marries NCB officer's daughter posing as NCB SI
Accused Rohit showed his SI's ID card to officer’s daughter.
Madhya Pradesh Govind Ram Jadi Jaspur Chhattisgarh Nathuram Yadav Rohit Lakra Narcotics Control Bureau
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Saudi Arabia Leads Ongoing War on Drugs
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Source: aawsat.com
Saudi police arrest 11 suspects in drug bust
RIYADH: Security patrols in Al-Jawf governorate have arrested 11 suspects over an attempt to sell narcotics, the Saudi Press Agency reported Tuesday. The suspects, 10 Pakistani residents and a Saudi citizen, the house they were using as their hideout in the area of Sakaka, was equipped with surveillance cameras, SPA said. During the bust, the security seized hashish and a
Source: arabnews.com
Saudi Arabia Seizes Over 5 Million Illegal Amphetamine Pills
Saudi Arabias General Directorate of Narcotics Control (GDNC) has thwarted an attempt to smuggle 5,280,000 amphetamine pills into Jeddah.
Source: saudimoments.com
Saudi authorities thwart attempt to smuggle more than 5m amphetamine pills
RIYADH: More than 5 million amphetamine tablets have been confiscated by Saudi authorities in the Jeddah region, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. Maj. Marwan Al-Hazmi, spokesman for the General Directorate for Narcotics Control, said that during a security follow-up operation on drug smuggling and distribution networks targeting the Kingdom, officials seized
Source: arabnews.com