Italian Financial Police seized 50 million euros worth of tablets of a synthetic opium. The drugs are used to raise funds for attacks destined to be sold by the Daesh, a terror group in Libya. The drugs were delivered to Libya from India.
The police stopped the drugs at the port of Gioia Tauro in the southern part of Italy. It consists of 24 million Tramadol tablets. These drugs are very popular among terrorist and widely used to suppress pain and fatigue. It is very commonly called as `fighter drug’ among terrorist groups. The haul is estimated to be worth 50 million euros ($58 million).
According to police reports, the Daesh planned to sell the tablets to their foot soldiers for the equivalent of two euros a tablet. Part of the money raised from the sales would also go “to subsidize terrorist groups and extremists operating in Libya, Syria, and Iraq,” it said in a statement.
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