UAE police say they have seized $1 billion worth of Captagon amphetamines hidden in doors

Published September 14, 2023 7:09 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police in Dubai have seized 86 million tablets of the amphetamine known as Captagon hidden in a shipment of doors and decorative building panels. Authorities on Thursday estimated its street value at just over $1 billion. The bust comes as sales of the amphetamine have become a Mideast-wide problem during Syria’s long war. A surveillance video released by the Interior Ministry in the United Arab Emirates shows suspects trying to bring the Captagon tablets through Dubai’s massive Jebel Ali Port. They were hidden in five shipping containers of doors and panels, with the drugs themselves weighing over 13 tons.

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