Narcotics
Members of the security forces with Syria's new government inspect a warehouse that was used to hide pills of Captagon, during a raid in Latakia on January 19, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
A large group of the CMF naval personnel pose on the deck of a warship. (Photo: CMF)
A map of Iraq surrounded by symbols representing drugs. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
Iraqis arrested on drug charges sit in a cell at a police station in Basra. (Photo: The Independent)
The confiscated drugs on display by Kurdistan Region police. (Photo: Kurdistan Region’s anti-narcotics agency)
The six suspects were arrested, and their contraband were seized, Feb. 4, 2024. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)
The four suspects were arrested, and their contraband were seized, Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan24)
The confiscated drugs on display by Kurdistan Region police. (Photo: Kurdistan Region’s anti-narcotics agency)
Confiscated narcotics, US and Iraqi currency are on display. (Photo: Kurdistan Region anti-narcotics authority)
Confiscated five kilograms of methamphetamine in Erbil. (Photo: Kurdistan Region anti-narcotics agency)
Confiscated narcotics, US and Iraqi currency are on display. (Photo: Kurdistan Region anti-narcotics authority)
The seized narcotics on display, Oct. 23, 2023. (Photo: KRSC)
The Turkish consul general, Mehmet Mevlut Yakut (left) and the Iranian consul general, Nasrollah Rashnoudi, Oct. 15, 2023 (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
KRG Minister of Interior Reber Ahmed (right) during his meeting with Iraqi Minister of Interior Abdul Amir al-Shammari in Erbil, Oct. 15, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Officer empties a bag of tablets of captagon, drug trafficking convictions can be punishable by the death penalty in Iraq (Photo: AFP)
The Captagon pills and opiates seized by the KRG's Anti-Narcotics Directorate, Aug. 6, 2023 (Photo: Kurdistan 24)