BY MIRREN GIDDA @mirrengidda
STASH: Greek authorities seized guns, money, and more than 600,000 Captagon pills in a raid in March. The amphetaminebased pills had an estimated market value of $10.5 million.
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IN THE PAST three months, investigators across Europe have intercepted thousands of Captagon pills, an amphetaminebased drug popular with the Islamic State militant group. Nicknamed “the jihadists’ drug,” Captagon keeps users awake for long periods of time, dulls pain and creates a sense of euphoria. According to one former militant who spoke to CNN in 2014, ISIS “gave us drugs, hallucinogenic pills that would make you go to battle not caring if you live or die.” Given similar testimony from other fighters, experts say it seems likely that the hallucinogenic pills the militant took were Captagon.