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Iraq says its tip to Lebanon leads to the destruction of an amphetamine factory

Iraq says its tip to Lebanon leads to the destruction of an amphetamine factory

Toronto Star11 hours ago
BEIRUT (AP) — One of Lebanon's largest factories making the highly addictive amphetamine Captagon has been discovered and destroyed as part of rare security cooperation between intelligence agencies in Iraq and Lebanon, Iraq's Interior Ministry said.
The announcement late Monday came a month after the Lebanese army issued a statement about the discovery of a drug factory in Yammoune village in the eastern Bekaa Valley with large amounts of drugs inside.
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