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Ministry of Interior destroys large quantities of drugs in capital

Ministry of Interior destroys large quantities of drugs in capital

Saba Yemen02-07-2025
Sana'a (Saba) – The Ministry of Interior and the Specialized Criminal Prosecution in the capital destroyed a large quantity of drugs.
The destroyed items included 18 tons and 884 kilograms of hashish, 205,000 Captagon pills, and 12,367,673 Pregabalin pills.
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