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![The incident happened as smugglers tried to transport drugs across the Egyptian-Israeli border [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2022-01/GettyImages-1234743607.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=g_-7OY_H)
![Drug pills are displayed at customs warehouse after a total of 1,072 kilograms (2,000 pounds) of Captagon drugs â more than 6.2 million pills. [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-08/GettyImages-1232942897.jpg?h=a9b40787&itok=OUnjZ_gI)
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