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May 10 (UPI) -- Police in the Netherlands said authorities are searching for two suspects who fled from a drug raid targeting pills similar to stimulants used by radical Islamist militants. The raid occurred April 5 in the Brunssum town in the Limburg province. Authorities found a drug lab hidden within a barn where they also found pills with the logo of the Captagon drug, and raw materials and machines for making pills. Police also found three firearms in a nearby house.
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The Netherlands Forensic Institute later said the pills contained amphetamine and caffeine. Though the raid occurred over a month ago, authorities did not reveal the incident until Wednesday.
Captagon is a popular "upper" drug used among militants in the Middle East to keep themselves awake and alert during battle, the Telegraaf Dutch outlet reported.
"The occupant of the neighboring house, a 40-year-old man, was arrested on April 11. His 39-year-old girlfriend was arrested on May 8. Just before the police raid two men fled. The investigation is still underway to identify the two men," Dutch police said in a statement. "The pills were of a type used as a stimulant in the Middle East but it was not known if that was their destination."
Meanwhile in Italy, authorities this week said they seized more than 37 million tramadol stimulant pills, which are also used by Islamist fighters, aboard cargo heading for Libya, BBC News reported.
