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Italian police seize ‘world’s largest’ haul of drugs

84 million amphetamine pills 'made by ISIS terror group in Syria nabbed

by Lankasara Editor English
July 2, 2020
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Police in Italy has confiscated a huge shipment of 14 tonnes of amphetamines which they say was produced by ISIS in Syria. Officers tracked three suspect containers to the port of Salerno in southwest Italy and found 84 million pills with a market value of USD 1 billion inside paper cylinders for industrial use, the Guardia di Finanza financial police said in a statement on Wednesday.

Investigators said the bust is the largest drug haul in the world in terms of both value and quantity.

Commander Domenico Napolitano, head of the financial Police for the city of Naples, told CNN that the drugs were well hidden and the scanners at the port didn’t detect them. “We weren’t able to see them but we knew it was arriving because of the ongoing investigations we have with the Camorra (Italian organised crime group),” he said. “We intercepted phone calls and members, so we knew what to expect.”

The Camorra bring the drugs to Italy and take a cut for helping to distribute them, Mr Napolitano added.

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“It is known that ISIS/Daesh finances its terrorist activities in large part with the trafficking of synthetic drugs produced largely in Syria, which has become the leading world producer of amphetamines in recent years,” police said. “According to the DEA (US Drug Enforcement Administration), ISIS makes wide use of these drugs in all the territories over which it exerts influence and controls its sale.”

The group is also able to easily produce large quantities of synthetic drugs to sell on global markets, raising huge amounts of money, added police.

The investigation and bust were carried out on a decree from the Naples public prosecutor, the statement added. Police believe the drugs were intended for distribution in Europe by various organised crime groups.

 

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