Syria has impounded 24 kilograms of captagon crushed and made to look like hummus bowls in one of the bizarre cases of the thwarted trafficking attempt. The drug had been crushed and the resulting paste was used to make “pottery-like dishes coated with a brown adhesive”, the interior ministry said.
Pentagon says Iran seized, and later released, US navy vessel
The US Central Command's 5th Fleet said a support ship from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, the Shahid Baziar, was spotted towing the seven-meter (23-foot) Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV) late Monday.
India seizes $725m from China’s Xiaomi over ‘illegal’ remittances
India seized $725 million from the local bank accounts of Xiaomi after a probe found the Chinese smartphone giant unlawfully sent money abroad in the guise of royalty payments, authorities said Saturday. The firm's India office was raided in December in a separate investigation over alleged income tax evasion.
Iran Guards seize vessel smuggling fuel in Gulf
Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized a foreign vessel smuggling fuel in the Gulf and arrested its crew members, state media said Sunday, in the third such incident reported this month. The Guards "seized a foreign vessel carrying 200,000 liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf and directed it to Bushehr...
Iran mocks US failure to stop exports of oil cargo
Iran said that US attempts to seize its tankers and oil cargo had failed to stop exports that are subject to sanctions imposed by its arch foe. US defense officials rejected that account, and said Iranians themselves had seized a tanker before taking it to Iranian waters.
US navy stops ship carrying ‘explosive precursor’ from Iran
The US navy said Sunday it had stopped a ship carrying 40 tons of a fertilizer that can be used to make explosives as it traveled from Iran along a route previously used to smuggle weapons to Yemen's Houthi rebels.Saudi Customs impound 8.3m amphetamine pills
The Saudi Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority has made a large seizure of Captagon amphetamine pills at Jeddah Islamic Port, impounding some 8.3 million pills being smuggled into the kingdom.
A big haul of captagon shipments seized in Lebanon, Syria
Security forces in Lebanon and Syria said Saturday that they had seized two separate shipments of the banned stimulant captagon, the latest in a string of similar busts.
Saudi officials seize a big haul of drugs at border
Saudi officials of the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) have seized more than 2.1 million Captagon pills at Haditha Border Entry Point in some seven attempts to smuggle contraband into the kingdom.
Saudi customs seize drugs at port
Alert officials of Saudi customs prevented an attempt to bring in contraband drugs into the kingdom at Jeddah Islamic Port, seizing 1.6 million Captagon pills.
