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Large IS drug cache seized, destroyed in S. Syria - coalition

WASHINGTON, June 18 (KUNA) -- Coalition-supported forces in southern Syria last Tuesday destroyed a large cache of the so-called Islamic State's (IS) narcotic drugs, the Combined Joint Task Force announced Monday.
The drugs, estimated to have a black market value of USD 1.4 million, were seized May 31 by the coalition's Maghawir al-Thowra partners during counter-IS operations within the deconfliction zone near At Tanf, the announcement said.
Despite IS's faأ§ade of Islamic purity, its criminal terrorists are known drug users and traffickers, the statement said. The cache included more than 300,000 pills of Captagon, an illegal drug frequently trafficked and used by IS members, it added.
Captagon is a highly addictive amphetamine-based drug that is banned in many countries, and is informally referred to as the "jihadists' drug," the statement said. (end) rm.mt