United Arab Emirates Seizes Billion Dollar Amphetamine Haul
Police in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have seized 13 tons of amphetamine pills smuggled in furniture.
More than $1bn worth of the drug known as Captagon were found after officers were alerted to a suspicious looking shipping container.
A video showed Dubai police tearing open wooden panels and doors where 86 million pills were hidden.
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Dubbed “the poor man’s cocaine”, Captagon is reportedly one of the most popular drugs among youths in the gulf.
Major General Eid Mohammed Thani Hareb, Head of the Police’s Anti-Narcotics Department said an international gang planned to ship the drugs hidden in containers to the UAE and then transport them to another country,
