Jun 18, 2018

Syrian rebels backed by the US-led coalition have seized a massive drug stash worth around $1.4 million during operations against the Islamic State group, the alliance said Monday.

Maghawir al-Thawra, a rebel faction trained by both the United States and Jordan, captured and destroyed the narcotics on May 31 in southeast Syria, the coalition said in a statement.

The drugs were estimated to have a black market value of around $1.4 million (1.2 million euros).

"The cache included more than 300,000 pills of Captagon, an illegal drug frequently trafficked and used by Daesh members," it said, using the Arabic acronym for IS.

They were seized during Maghawir al-Thawra's operations surrounding the Al-Tanf base, which lies along Syr