RIYADH: Nearly 5 million Captagon pills were seized by security forces in Riyadh, Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday. The spokesman for the General Directorate for Narcotics Control, Major Muhammad Al-Nujaidi, said the 4,962,000 amphetamine tablets were hidden in a shipment and that a Syrian national was arrested and preliminary legal measures were taken against him. He has been referred him to the Public Prosecution, SPA added. The value of the pills was not disclosed, but according to global estimates the haul has a street value of nearly $70 million. The Kingdom vs Captagon Inside Saudi Arabias war against the drug destroying lives across the Arab world Enter keywords