Damascus, April 19 (SANA) Syria’s Drug Enforcement Administration, in cooperation with border guard forces and in coordination with Iraq’s General Directorate for Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances, foiled an attempt to smuggle a large shipment of drugs intended for trafficking out of the country.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement Sunday that the operation, part of ongoing efforts to dismantle drug trafficking networks, led to the arrest of two suspects identified by their initials as “T.A.” and “F.A.” while transporting the shipment under security surveillance in Damascus.
Authorities said approximately 500,000 captagon pills were seized in their possession, prepared for smuggling to neighboring countries.
The ministry said the operation falls within a broader national strategy to combat drug trafficking and strengthen regional and international cooperation to counter transnational organized crime.
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