DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities have seized more than 156,000 Captagon pills and arrested four suspected traffickers in two separate anti-drug operations on the country’s Mediterranean coast, state news agency SANA reported.
The larger operation took place in Latakia province, where Syria’s Drug Enforcement Department said officers arrested two suspects following a targeted security operation and confiscated 100,000 Captagon pills, 100 kg of hashish, and 5,000 pharmaceutical tablets.
According to the Interior Ministry, investigators are continuing to question the suspects to identify accomplices and dismantle the wider trafficking network before referring the case to the judiciary, SANA reported.
In a separate operation in neighboring Tartous province, authorities arrested two additional suspects and seized 56,000 Captagon pills allegedly intended for distribution.
The Drug Enforcement Department said the arrests followed close surveillance of the suspects’ movements before security forces intercepted them while they were transporting the narcotics.
