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Syria seizes drugs destined for Saudi Arabia
- Syria: Sunday, February 10 - 2008 at 12:50
Syrian customs authorities have seized hundreds of thousands of smuggled stimulant pills bound for Saudi Arabia, reported AP.More than 400,000 pills of the amphetamine-like drug Captagon hidden in bathroom tissue rolls were seized last month at a shipping company office in the northern city of Aleppo.The pills were bound for Saudi Arabia and a Syrian man from Aleppo who was involved was later arrested in the Syrian port city of Latakia. Captagon, also known as fenethylline, was listed by World Health Organization in 1986 as a pyschotropic substance, and is banned in most places and was once prescribed as an antidepressant or to treat hyperactive children.
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Amena Bakr, Senior ReporterSunday, February 10 - 2008 at 12:50 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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