Units from the Anti-Narcotics Branch in Daraa province successfully managed to thwart an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of the narcotic Captagon pills, a statement by the ministry of interior affairs said on Monday.
The narcotics were concealed inside instant juice sachets-powdered drink packets modified to hide the pills from inspection. Authorities said the shipment was intended for smuggling through the Nasib border crossing toward a neighboring country.
The ministry confirmed that the Daraa Anti-Narcotics Branch continues to intensify monitoring and field operations along border areas to safeguard national security and protect society from the dangers of illicit drugs.
In a related development, anti-narcotics units in Damascus countryside seized 323 blocks of hashish (hash) and approximately 35,000 Captagon pills during an operation in the al-Zabadani area.
