A soldier stands next to rows of barrels inside a house-turned-Captagon factory in Al-Dimas, near the Syrian-Lebanese border, on December 23, 2024. The Military Operations Department announces the destruction of large quantities of the factory’s contents during an anti-drug operation. Photo by Fadel Itani/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM Photo: Middle East Images/ABACA/ABACA
World's largest seizure of drugs, made by ISIS near Naples The Guardia di Finanza of Naples has seized in the Port of Salerno a large quantity of drugs, 14 tons of amphetamines, 84 million tablets with the "captagon" logo, produced in Syria by ISIS to finance terrorism. The value of the drug, found by the "yellow flames" in three containers, has been estimated at over 1 billion euros. The drug had been hidden in industrial paper cylinders and machinery constructed in such a way as to prevent scanners from detecting the contents. Salerno, near Naples, Italy, on July 01, 2020. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/napolipress/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA /PIXSELL