Iraqi forces seize over a tonne of captagon

Iraqi security forces have seized more than a tonne of captagon tablets smuggled from Syria via Turkey, the interior ministry said on Sunday.

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Ministry spokesman General Moqdad Miri said the Narcotics Directorate “seized a truck from Syria, bound for Iraq, via Turkey, transporting 1.1 tonnes” of the powerful synthetic stimulant.

The seizure was one of the largest in Iraq in recent years and consisted of seven million pills, a security official told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity.

It was also the first such seizure announced since the toppling in December of Syrian president Bashar Al Assad, whose regime was accused of manufacturing the narcotic on an industrial scale.