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These are what captagon pills look like — like any other tablet, in fact — but these are illegal, highly addictive, amphetamine—type stimulants that are being mass—produced in syria. this drug is right now being found in europe, africa and asia. and now bbc news arabic working with journalism organisation occrp has uncovered links between this multi—billion—dollar drugs trade and leading members of syrian president bashar al—assad�*s family and elite members of the armed forces. emir nadir has this exclusive report. the arab world is fighting a war. it's the arab world is fight...

Gaining hard evidence from inside syria is difficult but one story reported in local media caught our eye. on the 11th of september 2022, a pick—up truck crashed on its way to the port city of tartus. the vehicle contained two tonnes of hashish and 3 million captagon pills. the two men in the truck were brothers. one was killed, the other arrested on drug trafficking charges. the vehicle itself didn�*t have numberplates, a sign it belongs to the military. the brothers came from the home of the al assad family. intrigued, we managed to find their social media profiles and tracked down to pe...

Now it�*s being found in europe, africa and asia. but where is all the captagon coming from? working with journalism organisation oc crp, bbc news arabic uncovered direct links between this multi—billion dollar drug trade and leading members of syrian president bashar al—assad�*s family and armed forces. with evidence gathered from deep inside syria, we can revealjust how much its economy is hooked on this profitable little pill. since 2011, syria has been torn apart by a bitter civil war. allegations of war crimes committed by the syrian armed forces and their russian backers have led...

This was our first evidence that soldiers in the syrian army close to the al assad family were moving quantities of captagon. a co nta ct a contact in syria gave us this video. we are told a local smuggler posted on social media and that it shows captagon being carried in backpacks across the border into neighbouring jordan. from the footage, it seems the lucrative trade is drawing in people from outside the army. the smugglers have weapons and aren�*t afraid to use them. neither of thejordanian army. of the jordanian army. at their command centre, soldiers monitor the long border with syria...