Syria and Iraq bust major cross-border drug ring, seize 800,000 captagon pills
In a rare display of joint security coordination, Syrian and Iraqi authorities dismantled an international smuggling network, confiscating massive quantities of Captagon and cannabis in a crackdown targeting regional drug trafficking routes.
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The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced on Sunday that it had carried out a “series of high-quality and simultaneous operations” in coordination with the General Directorate of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Affairs in Iraq.
The operations took place in the provinces of Homs and Deir ez-Zor, resulting in the dismantling of an international drug smuggling network, the arrest of several members, and the confiscation of quantities of drugs as part of ongoing efforts to combat smuggling operations.
The ministry stated that 800,000 pills of Captagon and 60 kilograms of cannabis were seized. These were prepared for smuggling and promotion.
It described these operations as reflecting “the high level of coordination and fruitful intelligence cooperation between the specialized authorities in both countries,” aimed at disrupting the supply lines of international smuggling networks and protecting society from the dangers of this scourge.
The specialized authorities in Syria have also seized and destroyed large quantities of drugs over the past months.
