The Syrian interior ministry said Monday it seized about 12 million captagon stimulant pills in a raid on a drug smuggling network operating near Damascus.<\/p>\n
The seizure marks one of the largest drug busts since the transitional authority assumed power in late 2024.<\/p>\n
Following “precise monitoring and tracking of a smuggling network attempting to traffic large quantities of narcotics abroad”, security forces seized “around 12 million captagon pills in the Al-Dumayr area”, Brigadier General Khaled Eid, director of the Anti-Narcotics Department, said in a ministry statement.<\/p>\n
The leader of the network was arrested during the operation, according to Eid.<\/p>\n
The confiscated drugs will be destroyed.<\/p>\n
The operation reflects the department\u2019s “determined approach to combating smuggling, cutting off its sources, and prosecuting” those involved in drug trafficking.<\/p>\n
Captagon, which is similar to an amphetamine, became Syria\u2019s largest export during the civil war that erupted in 2011, with its trade serving as a key funding source for the government of ousted president Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n
Since Assad\u2019s fall, the new authorities have reported numerous major seizures of agon across the country. However, neighboring countries continue to report the interception of large shipments.<\/p>\n
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