Libyan Authorities Seize 100,000 Ecstasy Pills Marked With Gaddafi
Security agents intercepted a sea shipment of about 100,000 ecstasy pills, and several suspects were referred to prosecutors.
- On Saturday, Al Rada for Combating Terrorism and Organized Crime, a security agency under the Tripoli-based Presidential Council, intercepted a shipment from Europe at a Libya port, seizing approximately 100,000 XTC pills hidden in a cargo van.
- Images released by Security officials show the brown pills were molded with the face of Muammar Gaddafi, with his distinctive features and robes pressed into each pellet's surface.
- A United Nations Office report released in January identified Libya as a major regional transit hub for synthetic Drugs, with criminal networks exploiting the country's tumultuous political situation to move narcotics across North Africa.
- Officers referred several suspects to prosecutors following the seizure, illustrating enforcement efforts by the Tripoli-based Presidential Council amid Libya's internal divisions.
- Political fractures between the Government of National Unity and forces under Khalifa Haftar complicate enforcement, allowing smugglers to operate with relative impunity across Libya's fractured security environment.
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Libyan authorities have seized a batch of ecstasy tablets bearing the image of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The drugs were discovered during an operation by local anti-drugs agencies. The case attracted attention not only because of the quantity of the substance seized, but also because of the unusual design of the tablets. The ecstasy tablets bear the image of Gaddafi, who ruled Libya for more than four decades before being ousted in 2…
Libyan authorities have seized a shipment of around 100,000 ecstasy pills, manufactured in the shape of the head and shoulders of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The drugs are suspected to have been smuggled from Europe by sea. Security authorities in Tripoli announced the seizure of a large shipment of XTC (ecstasy) pills, each of which bore the image of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Photos released by a security agency in Tripo…
The Libyan authorities announced today that they have seized about 100,000 ecstasy tablets, smuggled from Europe, with the image of the deceased Libyan printed on them.
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