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A spokesperson for the Egyptian army says a drug smuggling attempt was thwarted near the Al-Awja (Nitzana) crossing, 6 individuals were arrested and one died
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In 2013, Adolfo Macías "Fito" managed to escape from a maximum-security facility but was recaptured a few weeks later
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Damascus is accused of producing and organizing the smuggling of captagon into the Gulf – with Jordan and Lebanon as main transit routes
Arab states hope to find a solution for the millions of Syrian refugees living in neighboring countries, including 1.3 million in Jordan
The peacekeepers were detained on June 25 at Israel's border with Jordan during a routine inspection
Same vessel confiscated $30 million in meth and heroin two days earlier
The captagon pills - known as the 'ISIS drug' - were hidden in office refrigerator doors sent from the West Bank to Gaza
Drugs worth $431,000 seized, seven suspects arrested
The cocaine and ketamine were hidden inside shampoo containers and food supplement packages and were taken to a police lab for confirmation
Witnesses who spotted the packages feared they contained explosives and called police
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The drugs were transferred to the custody of Israeli police
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Captagon spawned an illegal $10 billion industry and is by far Syria's biggest export
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The seized drugs are estimated to be worth over $226,000
The haul priced at an estimated NIS 3,765,000 (over $1 million)
The investigation was carried out as part of an operation to stem crime in the Arab community
Israeli troops confiscate 55 pounds of narcotics worth an estimated $146,000
Israeli officer also says that security cooperation with Jordan contributed to maintaining border security
'We're enjoying major success in our battle against weapons smuggling attempts'
Some 50 kilogram worth of drugs confiscated
'Jordan, like the rest of the Arab countries, seeks good relations with Iran,' says King Abdullah II
Fida Kiwan will serve a prison sentence instead
The operation comes a week after Israel thwarted drugs and arms smuggling attempts
Captagon is one of the most popular drugs in the Middle East
The next hearing will take place in two weeks
