Saudi Arabia Seizes 11 Million Captagon Pills in Latest Bust

An officer of the Directorate of Narcotics Control of Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry sorts through tablets of captagon (Fenethylline) seized during a special operation and presented before AFP afterwards in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on March 1, 2022. Captagon is an amphetamine-type stimulant manufactured mostly in Lebanon, although probably also in Iraq and Syria, and much of which is bound for Saudi Arabia. The Saudi anti-drug directorate's spokesman accused the "Hezbollah terrorist militia" of being "the main source smuggling them and manufacturing them," an accusation that Iran-aligned group denies. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)