UN warns Iraq becoming major regional drug conduit

BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities seized a record amount of the powerful stimulant Captagon last year, with an estimated street value of $144 million, a UN report said on Monday as the country increasingly faces a drug embargo. “Iraq has experienced a dramatic increase in drug trafficking and consumption over the past five years,” the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report.

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