2.5 mln Captagon pills seized in joint Iraq-Syria operation


By Li Jun

BAGHDAD, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi interior ministry said on Thursday that Iraq and Syria had seized 2.5 million Captagon pills in a joint cross-border security operation.

The operation was carried out by Iraq's General Directorate of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Affairs in coordination with the Syrian Anti-Narcotics Department, the ministry said in a statement.

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