Drug Trafficking

Drug kingpin Nouh Zaiter
Lebanon
MENA
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'Drug kingpin' Nouh Zaiter given minimal jail term in Lebanon

Lebanon's military court sentenced an alleged drugs kingpin to just four months in prison, despite decades of allegations involving serious offences.

The New Arab Staff
04 February, 2026
Elected President Laura Fernández celebrates after winning the presidential election on February 1, 2026 in San Jose, Costa Rica. (Photo by Arnoldo Robert/Getty Images)
Costa Rica
World
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Tough-talking right-winger elected Costa Rica president

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 February, 2026
Venezuela arrest 125 foreign 'mercenaries' in 'coup plot' against Maduro [Getty]
Nicolas Maduro
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What’s next in deposed Venezuela leader Nicolás Maduro’s criminal case

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 January, 2026
Lebanese army vehicles move along a road near the Ain al-Hilweh camp for Palestinian refugees in south Lebanon on September 13, 2025, as armed Palestinian groups hand over their weapons. (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanese army arrests 'most wanted' drug kingpin Nouh Zaiter

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 November, 2025
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro makes a speech at the end of a press conference with international media at Hotel Eurobuilding in Caracas, Venezuela on September 15, 2025. (Photo by Ivan Mcgregor/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Nicolas Maduro
World
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Venezuela's Maduro says he wants dialogue with US

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 September, 2025
Drug Trafficking
World
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Australian Hells Angels kingpin Angelo Pandeli 'detained in UAE'

The New Arab Staff
29 August, 2024
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Saudi Arabia has executed over 100 people so far in 2024

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 July, 2024
Captagon
MENA
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US House of Congress passes Syria Captagon sanctions bill

William Christou
17 April, 2024
Morocco
MENA
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Morocco jails vlogger for 2 years over comments on minister

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 February, 2024
Ecuador
World
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Ecuador declares 'internal conflict' after attack on live TV

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 January, 2024
Captagon
Analysis
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The Captagon factor: Assessing the future of GCC-Syria ties

Giorgio Cafiero
18 July, 2023
Iran
MENA
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Iran executes five people over drug smuggling

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 May, 2023
Syria
MENA
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Syria agrees to curb drug trade at Arab ministers meeting

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 May, 2023
Italy
MENA
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Italy arrests drug trafficker captured in Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 November, 2022
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Saudi Arabia seizes 15 million captagon pills: state media

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 July, 2022
Syria regime
MENA
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Syrian presence at Interpol anti-drug conference 'ironic'

The New Arab Staff
25 June, 2022
says she was held in a secret Chinese-run prison in Dubai, along with members of China's Uighur minority [Getty]
United Arab Emirates
MENA
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UAE freezes assets of Kinahan drug trafficking gang: FT

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 April, 2022
Captagon pills
drug
MENA
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Jordan army says drug trafficking from Syria is 'organised'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 February, 2022
Royal Navy
drug
MENA
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UK Navy seizes drugs worth almost £15m in Gulf of Oman

The New Arab Staff
24 January, 2022
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]
Captagon
In-depth
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Captagon, trafficking, and Syria's narco-state

Adam Doyle
05 August, 2021
Captagon
MENA
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Syria ‘reactivates cooperation’ with UN anti-drug body

William Christou
21 June, 2021