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Saudi Customs Seize Over 450,000 Captagon Tablets in Country’s Northwest

© AP Photo / SANAIn this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian authorities display Captagon pills, in rural Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Syrian authorities said on Tuesday they have seized over 500 kilograms (over 1,000 pounds) of amphetamine pills known as Captagon smuggled in pasta and headed for Saudi Arabia.
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian authorities display Captagon pills, in rural Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Syrian authorities said on Tuesday they have seized over 500 kilograms (over 1,000 pounds) of amphetamine pills known as Captagon smuggled in pasta and headed for Saudi Arabia. - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.06.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Customs officers in the northwestern Saudi Arabian town of Al Hadithah prevented two attempts to smuggle more than 450,000 captagon tablets in trucks, the Saudi Arabian Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority said on Friday.
"Customs of Al Hadithah prevented two attempts to smuggle more than 450,000 captagon tablets, which were found in trucks that arrived in the kingdom," the agency said on Twitter.
The statement noted that in addition to the smugglers, two people in Saudi Arabia, who were the recipients of the captagon, were also detained.
In April, the Saudi Arabian General Directorate of Narcotics Control prevented an attempt to smuggle more than 12 million amphetamine pills in boxes with pomegranates.
The sun rises over the city skyline with the Burj Khalifa, world's tallest building at the backdrop, seen from a balcony on the 42nd floor of a hotel on a foggy day in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016 - Sputnik International, 1920, 05.08.2019
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UAE Customs Seize Batch of 274,000 Pills of 'Jihadist Drug' Captagon - Reports
In 2021, Saudi Arabia said that it was going to ban the import of Lebanese fruits and vegetables since most of the drugs come to the country from Lebanon and Syria.
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