Damascus, June 14 (SANA) Syrian authorities have dismantled an international drug-trafficking network and seized 800,000 captagon pills and 60 kilograms of cannabis in coordinated operations in Homs and Deir Ezzor provinces, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
The ministry said the operations were carried out by Syria’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in coordination with Iraq’s General Directorate for Narcotics Affairs and Psychotropic Substances as part of efforts to combat organized crime and cross-border smuggling.
Several suspects were arrested during the raids, according to a ministry statement posted on Telegram.
The ministry said the drugs were intended for smuggling and distribution.
It described the operation as the result of close coordination and intelligence-sharing between Syrian and Iraqi authorities aimed at disrupting international trafficking networks and supply routes.
The operation follows a similar crackdown announced in April. On April 26, Syria’s DEA, working with Iraqi anti-narcotics authorities, conducted coordinated raids in Damascus Countryside and Homs targeting what officials described as an international trafficking network with regional links. According to the Interior Ministry, authorities seized 1.73 million captagon pills and arrested eight suspects, including a woman.
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