Made Assad rich

Rebels burn one million Captagon pills

25.12.2024 16:59

It was produced in the Assad regime's drug kitchens, among other things, to help the dictator become even richer: Captagon, the "cocaine of the poor", the jihadist drug of Hamas. The new rulers in Syria have now burned around one million pills and tons of other narcotics.

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A journalist from the AFP news agency observed how fires were set to the drugs in the courtyard of a building belonging to the former Syrian security apparatus in the capital Damascus. "We found a large quantity of Captagon, about a million pills," said a representative of the new rulers.

Also cannabis and other narcotics
The drug find was a stash of cannabis, the painkiller Tramadol and around 50 bags of pink Captagon pills, the AFP journalist noted.

The Syrian rebels claim to have found around one million Captagon pills.

(Bild: AFP)

Other drugs such as hashish were also destroyed.

(Bild: AFP)

"Protecting Syrian society"
Another member of the newly installed security forces said that the stockpile of drugs and alcohol had been discovered during an inspection of the district where the security apparatus of ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad had its buildings. The drugs and alcohol had been destroyed in order to "protect Syrian society" and to cut off smuggling routes that had been used for the Assad family's business activities.

The same security forces official also said it was not the first time that confiscated drug supplies had been destroyed. The new security forces had also discovered drug warehouses and laboratories in other places and "destroyed them in an appropriate manner".

The flourishing trade in the amphetamine-like Captagon had made Syria the largest drug state in the world under Assad, who was toppled on December 8. Captagon was by far Syria's most important export, eclipsing all legal exports, according to AFP research based on official data from 2022. The military commander Maher al-Assad, brother of the former head of state, was considered the driving force behind the captagon trade.

Saudi Arabia is the largest market
Saudi Arabia is the largest market in the Middle East. Captagon is the party drug of the rich elite there and is far less taboo than alcohol. But it is also used by ordinary workers to keep up with the hellish pace of work. Captagon was originally used as a drug to treat narcolepsy and attention deficit disorder.

Almost two and a half weeks ago, fighters from the Islamist militia Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and groups allied with it took over the capital Damascus and ended the decades-long rule of the Assad family. Since then, the new rulers have been trying to reorganize state structures and rebuild the country, which has been severely scarred by almost 14 years of civil war.

14 forces and three attackers killed
Just over two weeks after the fall of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, Assad supporters have shot dead more than a dozen security forces, according to the interim government. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the security forces were ambushed in the western port city of Tartus when they tried to arrest an ex-officer for his alleged role in the notorious Saidnaya military prison.

According to reports, 14 officers were shot dead and others injured. According to the report, three of the young perpetrators were also killed. In addition, according to the Arabic television channel Al Jazeera, a video showing the desecration of an Alawite shrine in the city of Aleppo sparked angry protests in several cities across the country.

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