Lebanese, Syrian forces raid Captagon labs along border: What to know

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Lebanese army raids Captagon factory along Syrian border

The Lebanese army said on Sunday it had raided a Captagon manufacturing plant along the country’s border with Syria, as part of continued measures to crack down on drug networks in the region. Captagon is an amphetamine-type stimulant popular among militants, sometimes dubbed "the jihadists' drug". In a statement, the army said it raided the plant in the Harf al-Samaqa area of the Hermel district in northeast Lebanon, adding that it dismantled t…

Lebanese, Syrian forces raid Captagon labs along border: What to know

The neighboring countries have stepped up their fight against the production and smuggling of Captagon, which had flourished in the border area during the Assad regime and Hezbollah’s dominance.

Captagon became Syria's biggest export during the rule of Bashar al-Assad. Now, Lebanese army forces have taken over the factory that produces the addictive drug, known as "the cocaine of the poor," on the Syrian border.

The Army Command - Directorate of Orientation issued the following statement: Within the framework of combating drug manufacturing and trafficking, an army unit, supported by a patrol from the Intelligence Directorate, raided a Captagon manufacturing plant on the Lebanese-Syrian border in the Harf al-Samaka - Hermel area. The unit dismantled the facility and seized a large quantity of these pills, in addition to raw materials used in their manuf…