A record €1billion haul of “highly addictive” Islamic State amphetamines has been seized in Italy. Detectives found 84 million “speed” tablets – worth around £910million – from Syria in paper and machinery parts rolls at the port of Salerno.
Detectives from the Italian Guardia di Finanza branch of law enforcement led the Captagon tablets bust in a major blow for the terror network.
The force said in a statement the operation was “the biggest seizure of amphetamines in the world”. Police are trying to discover if there is a mafia link to the Captagon.
The drug emerged in the 1960s as a “psycho-stimulant” to help people with narcolepsy. IS is thought to have developed a new version of the drug to make its’ “jihadi junkie” fighters more
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