captagon, Syria

Syria’s dark secret: captagon stockpiles found linked to al-Assad’s military
Syrian rebels uncovered large captagon stockpiles linked to the fallen al-Assad regime’s military headquarters. Originally a pharmaceutical drug for ADHD and narcolepsy, captagon is now an illicit drug fueling a multi-billion dollar black-market trade,
Discovery of vast Syrian drug lab reveals secrets of illicit captagon trade
The industrial-scale drug lab sat just up a hill from a main road on the western edge of Damascus, the city that was the seat of power for the Assad family which long denied any links to the narcotics trade.
‘Cocaine of the poor’: Curtains fall on Assad regime’s captagon empire
Assad’s drug empire crumbles as insurgents uncover millions in captagon pills and reveal Syria’s dark role in the Middle East’s drug trade.
Inside Assad’s Captagon drug-smuggling empire and how it funded brutal Syrian regime
In the city of Douma, 10 kilometres northeast of Syria’s capital of Damascus, warehouses storing thousands of captagon pills have been unearthed by the rebels scouring areas once controlled by the Assad regime and its allies. The warehouse, according to experts, may be one of the biggest captagon labs ever seen.
Exposed: The British connection to Syria's Captagon empire
ALBAWABA - According to Al-Jazeera reports, Captagon's Douma manufacturing facility in Damascus' countryside used mostly British chemicals. The former S
Syrian rebels expose Assad's labs with Captagon, 'poison' drug fueling deadly trade
Captagon, one of the world’s most infamous stimulants, carries a complex legacy with devastating implications for health, society, and politics.
Assad made billions from Captagon, but what now for his drug empire?
The Syrian regime was also one of the world's biggest drug syndicates. What happens to the multi-billion-dollar drug trade now that the "narco-state" has fallen?
Fall of Syria's Assad reveals the Captagon industry that fuelled it
Toot's factory was confiscated by the Assad government in 2018 when Douma fell into government hands after fierce battles. It was then turned into a factory manufacturing the highly addictive Captagon amphetamines.
Know about drug Captagon, and how is it linked to Syria's Assad Regime?
Captagon was briefly approved in the United States before becoming a controlled substance in the 1980s. The drug remained legal for the treatment of narcolepsy in many European countries until recent times.
Captagon trade unravelled: Syria’s fall exposes Assad’s billion-dollar drug empire
Assad’s Syrian regime has thrown light into the dark corners of his rule, including the industrial-scale export of
Syria's rebel victors expose ousted government's drug trade
Assad's Syrian regime has thrown light into the dark corners of his rule, including the industrial-scale export of the banned drug captagon. Victorious Islamist-led fighters have seized military bases and distribution hubs for the amphetamine-type stimulant,
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Inside a Syrian Captagon factory: evidence uncovered of Assad’s multi-billion-dollar narcotics trade
The Assad regime long denied involvement in the Captagon trade, but hundreds of thousands of pills discovered by Syrian ...
What is Captagon, the synthetic stimulant that earned billions for the Assad regime in Syria?
Captagon trade under the Assad regime generated billions annually for Syria, according to a 2023 study by the nonprofit ...
What Is Captagon, the Illegal Stimulant That Made al-Assad’s Syria a Narcostate?
The illegal amphetamine, used across the Middle East, became Syria’s biggest export during its 13-year civil war.