APPLE SMACK: Traffickers Hid Drugs Worth USD 45 Million In Fruit Lorry

Photo shows captagon pills that had been hidden in apple crates, undated. The pills were discovered at the Al-Qaim crossing between Syria’s Deir Ezzor province and western Iraq’s Anbar desert region. Note: Photo is from The Border Crossings Authority or Iraq (The Border Crossings Authority or Iraq/Newsflash) Photo shows captagon pills that had been hidden in apple crates, undated. The pills were discovered at the Al-Qaim crossing between Syria’s Deir Ezzor province and western Iraq’s Anbar desert region. Note: Photo is from The Border Crossings Authority or Iraq (The Border Crossings Authority or Iraq/Newsflash)
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16 March 2023
Customs police have seized a drug haul with an estimated street value of USD 45 million hidden inside crates of apples. The drugs - three million Captagon pills - had been hidden in the crates in Syria before being driven over the border with Iraq. Images from the seizure show how bags of...