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Iraq security forces seize 12 million benzhexol pills

Iraq security forces seize 12 million benzhexol pills
MENA
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06 May, 2023
Iraqi security forces seize 12 million tablets of benzhexol, an antispasmodic medication commonly prescribed for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, however, also used as a hallucinogen.
Iraqi security forces have intensified anti-narcotics operations in recent months [Getty]

Iraqi security forces said on Friday they had seized 12 million pills of the antispasmodic drug benzhexol, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease but also abused as a hallucinogen.

National Security officers recovered the haul from a warehouse in east Baghdad in an operation in which they also made six arrests.

Iraqi security forces have intensified anti-narcotics operations in recent months, with several high-profile seizures reported.

Sharing borders with Syria as well as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, Iraq has served as a major conduit for traffickers of captagon, an amphetamine which is primarily produced in Syria but has its largest market in the wealthy Gulf states.

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