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Iraq
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Iraqi security seizes 1.4M narcotic pills in fabric rolls

An Iraqi lawyer, speaking to The New Arab, connected the surge in drug use to recent amendments in the penal code, resulting in lighter sentences, mostly fines.

Dana Taib Menmy
03 May, 2024
Captagon
MENA
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Syrian regime launches wave of 'cynical' drug dealer arrests

The New Arab Staff
22 May, 2023
Captagon
MENA
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Saudi Arabia seizes multimillion dollar captagon shipment

The New Arab Staff
16 March, 2023
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human rights in Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Saudi executes Jordanian in drugs case

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 March, 2023
Captagon
MENA
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Lebanon's 'Captagon King' sentenced to 7 years in jail

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 December, 2022
Captagon pills
Captagon
MENA
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Captagon connection: how Syria became a narco state

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 November, 2022
drugs trade
MENA
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UK navy seizes $15m crystal meth shipment in Arabian Sea

The New Arab Staff
09 October, 2022
Heroin cargo
India
World
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India arrests six Pakistanis after seizing heroin cargo

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 October, 2022
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Afghanistan
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Behind the rise of Afghanistan's booming meth industry

Mujtaba Haris
14 July, 2022
Syrian drugs smuggling
Jordan
MENA
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Jordan: Iran-linked groups in Syria wage drug war on borders

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 May, 2022
Hezbollah
MENA
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Two Palestinians arrested in Israel over 'Hezbollah links'

The New Arab Staff
20 March, 2022
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opium
MENA
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Virus and war pushes Afghans towards opium farming

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 August, 2020