From Associated Press.

Firas al-Toot’s factory was confiscated by the Assad government in 2018 when Douma fell into government hands after fierce battles. It was then turned into a factory manufacturing the highly addictive Captagon amphetamines. Western governments estimate the illegal trade in the pills generated billions of dollars for the Assad government.

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