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'Jihadist drug' Captagon seized for first time in France

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/overseas/05/31/jihadist-drug.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">&#x27;Jihadist drug&#x27; Captagon seized for first time in France. <cite>AFP</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>PARIS - French customs officials said Tuesday that they had intercepted 135 kilograms of Captagon, dubbed the &quot;jihadists&#x27; drug&quot;, at Paris&#x27;s Charles de Gaulle airport this year, a first for France.</p><p>Captagon, a type of amphetamine, is one of the most commonly used drugs among fighters in the Syrian war.</p><p>&quot;It is the first time that this drug has been seized in France,&quot; the customs agency said in a statement.</p><p>Customs officials at Charles de Gaulle discovered 350,000 Captagon pills weighing 70 kilograms on January 4 hidden among industrial molds exported from Lebanon and apparently heading for the Czech Republic.</p><p>An investigation was launched by German and Czech authorities &quot;and it revealed that the real intended destination was Saudi Arabia, by passing through Turkey&quot;, the agency said.</p><p>Another 67 kilograms of the drug were found at the airport in February, hidden in steel molds.</p><p>Captagon is classified by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime as an &quot;amphetamine-type stimulant&quot; and usually blends amphetamines, caffeine and other substances.</p><p>Fighters who have taken the drug say it helps them to stay up for days and numbs the senses, allowing them to kill with abandon.</p>

<p>French customs officials said Tuesday that they had intercepted 135 kilograms of Captagon, dubbed the "jihadists' drug", at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport this year, a first for France.</p>

French customs officials said Tuesday that they had intercepted 135 kilograms of Captagon, dubbed the "jihadists' drug", at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport this year, a first for France.