Tripoli busts Gaddafi-shaped pill shipment as al-Assad's captagon appears in Libya's east

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Authorities in Tripoli intercepted a shipment of 100,000 tablets bearing the image of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, while separate investigators in Benghazi seized captagon tablets linked to Syria. The captagon trade is believed to be industrialized by the al-Assad regime, reflecting ongoing narcotics trafficking in Libya's east.

Tripoli intercepted 100,000 tablets bearing the late Libyan leader's image shipped via Europe in a Renault Master van, while Benghazi's investigators separately seized captagon tablets assessed to have originated in Syria, where the al-Assad regime once industrialised the billion-dollar trade.