Italy Seizes 14 Tons of ISIS-made Amphetamines

World

July 1st, 8:45am

Asharq Al-Awsat

Armed police officers stand on duty in Florence, Italy September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Italian police said Wednesday they have seized a world record 14-ton haul of amphetamines made by ISIS in Syria. The drug, in the form of 84 million Captagon tablets, was worth about one billion euros, police said in a statement, describing the operation as "the biggest seizure of amphetamines in the world." "We know that ISIS finances its terrorist activities mainly by trafficking drugs made in Syria which in the past few years has become the world's largest producer of amphetamines," the statement added, according to Agence France Presse. The shipment was hidden in three containers found in the port of Salerno, just south of Naples. Captagon, a brand name, was originally for medical use but illegal versions have been widely used by ISIS militants in combat, the police said.

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