$1B Amphetamine Seizure

DUBAI – Police in Dubai seized 86 million tablets of the amphetamine known as captagon hidden in a shipment of doors and decorative building panels.

They estimate the street value at just over one billion dollars.

The bust comes as sales of the drug have become a major issue in the Middle East.

A surveillance video released by the interior ministry in the United Arab Emirates shows suspects trying to bring the captagon tablets through Dubai’s massive Jebel Ali Port.

Authorities did not identify the arrested suspects but described their operation as an “International criminal organisation,” without saying the source of the drugs.