“In a new security blow to cross-border drug trafficking networks … in coordination and cooperation with the National Anti-Narcotics Agency in the sisterly United Arab Emirates, successfully seized 200,000 narcotic Captagon pills and arrested the individuals involved in this case in the UAE,” the directorate said in a statement.
It also added that the operation reflects high-level international security and intelligence coordination to “pursue transnational drug trafficking networks, restrict their movements, and sever their supply routes before reaching their destinations.”
The joint operation comes as Iraq has intensified its anti-narcotics campaign this year.
Last month, Iraqi and Kuwaiti anti-drug authorities seized 700,000 Captagon pills and arrested two people in a joint operation in Kuwait's Kabd area.
A 2024 report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) identified Iraq as a "conduit" for drug smuggling, serving both as a destination and transit route for narcotics circulating between Southwest Asia, the Arabian Peninsula and Europe.
To counter rising domestic consumption and a surge in Captagon from neighboring countries, anti-drug operations have scaled up internationally, with Iraqi security bodies establishing 36 liaison channels with foreign counterparts.
The Friday report affirmed that “confronting the drug scourge is no longer merely a local issue, but a security battle requiring a comprehensive international partnership that transcends borders,” noting that information exchange and agency coordination remain critical to tracking smuggling networks, disrupting their plots, and drying up smuggling sources.
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