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PORT KLANG: Drug smugglers targeting the Middle East market were thwarted by Malaysian Customs as its K9 detection dogs sniffed out Captagon pills hidden inside containers of furniture at West Port on March 6.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Tuesday (March 25, 2025)
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese authorities on Wednesday intercepted nine million pills of the recreational drug captagon inside a shipment of lemons, foiling an attempt to smuggle them to the Gulf, media reported.
JOHOR BARU: Captagon pills, which were seized in a huge haul by the Customs Department days ago, may not be a familiar-sounding drug but it is a type of stimulant used by terrorist groups to “embolden” them in their acts, says Johor police chief Comm Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay.
KLANG: Acting on information provided by their Saudi counterparts, Malaysian police seized a drug stash worth a whopping RM221mil.
DAMASCUS, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian authorities have seized 470 kg of Captagon pills in a major drug bust in the northern city of Aleppo, the Interior Ministry announced on Monday.
AMMAN (Reuters) - The Jordanian army said on Tuesday it killed several smugglers during dawn clashes that left one of its soldiers dead as a large group of drug dealers crossed the border from Syria.
NILAI: Sixteen tonnes of Captagon pills worth a staggering RM5.2bil were seized in one of the country’s biggest crackdowns against drugs.
ROME (Reuters) - Italian police said on Wednesday they had seized about 14 tonnes of amphetamine pills worth around 1 billion euros ($1 billion) arriving from Syria, in what they described as the world's single largest operation of its kind.
TEHRAN -- Two Iranian border guards and one Taliban fighter were killed during armed clashes near a border police station between Iran and Afghanistan, according to Iran's official IRNA news agency and Taliban's Interior Ministry on Saturday.
NILAI: The Customs Department scored its biggest-ever success against drug smuggling when it seized 94.8mil Captagon pills worth about RM5.2bil at Port Klang, Selangor.
BEIRUT, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Friday that Lebanon will prevent drug trafficking to Gulf countries in order to ease Lebanon's strained ties with them because of the problem.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia announced on Friday a ban on imports of fruits and vegetables from Lebanon, blaming an increase in drug smuggling, in a measure that will add to Lebanon's economic woes.
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have seized almost RM1bil worth of drugs in raids from Jan to Nov of this year, says Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Razarudin Husain.
GOMBAK: Four personnel of a law enforcement agency believed to have been involved in the brazen robbery at an evidence storage facility in Dengkil were among six suspects arrested.
GOMBAK: Four law enforcement agency personnel are among six individuals arrested by police for alleged links to a syndicate involved in stealing alcoholic beverages.
BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon (Reuters) - Fruit is ripening and vegetables are shooting up in Lebanon's lush Bekaa Valley, but the head of the region's farmers' syndicate, Ibrahim Tarshishy, is still a worried man.
KLANG: Over 650kg of a drug called Captagon worth over RM200mil were seized by the police here after a tip-off from their Saudi Arabia counterparts.
