Greece controls the largest drug shipment in the world coming from Syria
Greek authorities on Friday, seized what they described as the largest amount of drugs of its kind seized in the world
coming from Syria, worth more than half a billion euros.
The Financial Crimes Unit said the Coast Guard and anti-narcotics officers had seized three containers
filled with amphetamines.
Twenty officers involved in the operation.
and 5.25 tons of drugs seized in the form of 33 million cartons of containers shipped from Syria, Reuters reported.
“This is the largest amount being confiscated globally, which prevents organized crime from revenues exceeding $ 660 million,” the Financial Crimes Unit in a statement.
It explained that the Greek authorities are trying to determine whether the final destination of the shipment is China ?!
without giving further details.
Captagon is one of many commercial names of phenethylane hydrochloride
a chemical compound of the family of amphetamines.
In the 1960s, the drug prescribed to treat loss of feeling and depression.
but by the 1980s medical institutions decided that the effects of captagon addiction outweighed clinical benefits and banned.
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