ROME: Italian police have seized 50 million euros worth of tablets of a synthetic opiate destined to be sold by Daesh in Libya to raise funds for attacks, a court said Friday. Financial police discovered over 24 million Tramadol tablets, en route from India to Libya, at the port of Gioia Tauro in southern Italy. The haul is estimated to be worth 50 million euros and was found following a police crackdown sparked by the discovery of a similar shipment in Genoa in May. Investigators believe Daesh planned to sell the tablets to their foot soldiers for the equivalent of two euros a tablet. The court said the catch had been possible thanks in part to the DEA, the US Drug Enforcement Administration.

Source: Libya Today November 03, 2017 15:00 UTC