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Saudi prince held after seizure of two tons of amphetamines at Beirut airport
2015-10-27

We'll see how equal the laws are in Ye Olde Sod when he returns. Bet he gets a break cuz he wasn't bringing the load in to Saudi?
A Saudi prince has been detained at Beirut airport in Lebanon after two tons of an amphetamine drug popular with Syrian rebels was found on a private jet.

Prince Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz and four other men were held after what was described as the biggest ever drugs bust at the city's main Rafik Hariri International Airport, according to local media and security sources.

They were allegedly "attempting to smuggle about two tons of Captagon pills and some cocaine", a security source was quoted as saying.

Captagon is a brand name for the widely used amphetamine phenethylline.

Although this type of amphetamine has been prescribed in the past to treat childhood and other behavioural disorders, it is now used overwhelmingly as a stimulant in the Middle East.
Posted by:Frank G

#11  And then there's Rogaine.
Posted by: Mitch Landrieu   2015-10-27 18:19  

#10  Tell me about it.
Posted by: Marion Barry   2015-10-27 17:57  

#9  Cocaine's a hell of a drug...
Posted by: Ray Nagin   2015-10-27 17:09  

#8  It's all covered under ObamaCare.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2015-10-27 16:29  

#7  An alternative non-WOT explanation is they need the amphetamines to stay awake and study for final exams. With two tons of speed, you can stay up a *really* long time.
Posted by: SteveS   2015-10-27 15:14  

#6  There have been reports of use by Islamic State fighters. However, as BP alluded, most of the media-reported use of Captagon is by non-IS Syrian rebels.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-10-27 14:16  

#5  I think this is a great idea: supply the pills to the ISIS guys. Just move the numbers on the dosage over one decimal point...
Posted by: Steve White   2015-10-27 13:53  

#4  just thought as the amphetamine was mainly for fighters in Syria, and the supply chain to ISIS isn't really studied by the MSM...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2015-10-27 13:19  

#3  I wavered and took the Non-WOT path. YMMV
Posted by: Frank G   2015-10-27 11:28  

#2  Also this IS WoT is it not?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2015-10-27 10:18  

#1  Which Syrian "rebels"?

ISIS?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2015-10-27 10:17  

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