US EditionYemeni drugs seizure a 'landmark moment', say WADA
Yemeni authorities seized 447 kg of narcotics and performance enhancers, dismantling the country’s first modern drug factory linked to Syrian and Iranian operators, officials said.
- The seizure of 447kg of performance-enhancing drugs, mainly amphetamines, in Yemen is 'a landmark moment', according to the World Anti-Doping Agency .
- Authorities believe Syrian and Iranian drugmakers have moved operations to Yemen, exploiting the country's instability and providing income for Huthi rebels.
- A Yemeni official said experts from Syria and Iran were arrested while setting up drug factories, with Iran providing financial and technical support.
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Yemeni drugs seizure a ’landmark moment’, say WADA
The seizure of a large amount of performance-enhancing drugs in a raid by Yemeni law enforcement agents is "a landmark moment", the head of investigations for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has told AFP. Gunter Younger said the operation, which netted 447kg of both narcotics and performance-enhancing substances, mainly amphetamines, showed authorities were increasingly tracking the cross-border trade of prohibited substances. The raid, one …
Yemeni drugs seizure a 'landmark moment', say WADA
Gunter Younger said the operation, which netted 447kg of both narcotics and performance-enhancing substances, mainly amphetamines, showed authorities were increasingly tracking the cross-border trade of prohibited substances.
Yemeni drugs seizure a 'landmark moment', say WADA
Gunter Younger said the operation, which netted 447kg of both narcotics and performance-enhancing substances, mainly amphetamines, showed authorities were increasingly tracking the cross-border trade of prohibited substances.
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