Mr Tugendhat pointed to the discovery by Iraqi authorities last month of a factory that was producing Captagon in the country.
Tom Tugendhat has pledged more UK support for Iraq to help combat drug production and trafficking.
While Iraq has in recent years primarily served as a transit country for drugs – particularly the amphetamine Captagon, which is largely produced in neighbouring Syria – there have been some indications that Iraq is also moving into production. “There is always an overlap between drugs, human trafficking, terrorism and violence,” Mr Tugendhat told the Associated Press.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement that his country has made “significant efforts” to combat drugs and human trafficking.
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