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 Observatory of Political and Economic Networks.
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.
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.
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.
Captagon, once a pharma drug, now linked to Assad regime's fall in Syria
Syrian rebels seized large stockpiles of the illicit drugs in the country at military bases and distribution hubs, exposing Assad regime's dark pages.
The Drug Captagon and Its Link to Syria's Fallen Assad Regime
After the fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria, large stockpiles of the illicit drug captagon have reportedly been uncovered. The stockpiles, found by Syrian rebels, are believed to be linked to al-A
Rebels find laboratories full of illegal drug captagon that was Syria’s main export
Assad’s collapsed Syrian dictatorship, the truth about a mass drug empire believed to have brought huge profits to the former regime is being uncovered. The Assad family was long accused of profiteering from the production and sale of captagon,
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 ...
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Man, 30s, arrested following seizure of €35k worth of cannabis and amphetamine in Youghal
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