Captagon

Amphetamine Bonfire: Syrians Seize and Destroy $1.4 Million Worth of Drugs

(MEE) — Rebels in southern Syria seized – then destroyed – $1.4m worth of drugs while conducting an operation against the Islamic State (IS) group, the US-led coalition backing them said on Monday. According to the coalition, the narcotics were captured on 31 May by Maghawir al-Thawra, a rebel group trained by the United States and Jordan, […]

Rodrigo Duterte vows to cutoff ISIS drug money

What would it take for you to strap a bomb to your body and blow yourself and anyone and anything around you into a million little pieces? One cannot be compensated for such an activity, so in this sense, all the gold of Croesus would not be at all meaningful.
Furthermore, all great religious texts forbid such an act. True, one could simply lie about what these texts say to a young, stupid and desperate individual, but this would still only account for an infinitesimally small number of suicide bombers.

France Seizes Massive Shipments Of ‘Jihadi Drug’ Bound For Saudi Arabia

Lebanese customs officers display confiscated drugs of Captagon pills found in a bus, at Beirut Port, in Lebanon in 2007. (AP/Ahmad Omar)
French customs officials said on Tuesday that they had intercepted 135kg of Captagon, dubbed the “jihadist drug”, at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport this year.
Captagon, a type of amphetamine, is one of the most commonly used drugs among fighters in the Syrian war.

SUNDAY SCREENING: The Drug Fuelled Conflict In Syria

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Our weekly documentary film, curated by our editorial team at 21WIRE. 
This film offers one particular inside look into what could be described as ‘Syria’s War Drug’. Undercover reporters offer a look inside production of the amphetamine-based street narcotic, Captagon, the powerful drug being used by terrorists and “rebel” fighters in Syria.

The Saudi Prince and Two Tons of Narcotics

Saudi Prince Abdulmohsen bin Walid bin Abdulmohsen bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was obviously not fully satisfied with his life. A private jet, several luxury cars and a mansion were not enough to make him feel a truly fulfilled and respected member of the Gulf ruling “elites”. Others had more, like those double-decker Airbus 380’s, or tremendous duplexes overlooking Karbala.

Drugs Seizure: Saudi Presses Lebanon on Arrested Prince

Al-Manar | October 27, 2015 The Saudi embassy in Lebanon is exerting direct pressure on the Lebanese authorities over the involvement of one of its princes in a major drugs smuggling attempt. Early on Monday, a gendarmerie inspection unit at Beirut’s Rafiq al-Hariri International Airport foiled an attempt to smuggle two tons of Captagon pills […]

Drugs Seizure: Saudi Presses Lebanon on Arrested Prince

Al-Manar | October 27, 2015 The Saudi embassy in Lebanon is exerting direct pressure on the Lebanese authorities over the involvement of one of its princes in a major drugs smuggling attempt. Early on Monday, a gendarmerie inspection unit at Beirut’s Rafiq al-Hariri International Airport foiled an attempt to smuggle two tons of Captagon pills […]