Captagon Crisis

Captagon crisis in the Middle East

Jordan army officer killed in shoot-out with drug smugglers on Syria border

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis●

Saudi Arabia seized 37 tonnes of illegal drugs and 234,000 bottles of alcohol in 2021

By Ismaeel Naar●

Drug dealing tip-offs rose by a third after 2021 campaign, say Dubai Police

By Gillian Duncan●

Captagon pills hidden in fake oranges seized in Lebanon

By The National●

Jordan court sentences Captagon drug producers to lengthy jail terms

By The National●

Unrest in Syria is fuelling smuggling of drugs into Jordan, minister says

By Mina Aldroubi●

Egypt cracks down on scourge of Captagon and crystal meth

By Nada El Sawy●

How synthetic drug imports transformed Egypt's drug scene

By Kamal Tabikha●

Syria’s Black Desert emerges as centre of Captagon drug boom

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis●

Smugglers' paradise: Captagon production thrives in Lebanon’s lawless Bekaa valley

By Gareth Browne●