War against captagon: Why is Saudi Arabia executing drug dealers on a massive scale?

Saudi Arabia is carrying out more executions than at any time since the 1990s as the kingdom cracks down hard on the trafficking of captagon, an illicit synthetic drug popular in the Middle East – and notably in Saudi Arabia.

Jul 30, 2025 - 22:00
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War against captagon: Why is Saudi Arabia executing drug dealers on a massive scale?
Saudi Arabia is carrying out more executions than at any time since the 1990s as the kingdom cracks down hard on the trafficking of captagon, an illicit synthetic drug popular in the Middle East – and notably in Saudi Arabia.

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