LONDON: Syrian authorities said on Wednesday they had thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large shipment of narcotics into neighboring Jordan using balloons.
Officers seized 70 kg of hashish, 45,000 captagon pills and equipment allegedly used in the operation, the state-run SANA news agency reported, citing the country’s Drug Enforcement Department.
The seizure was the latest in a series of counternarcotics operations near Syria’s southern border.
On Saturday, authorities said they disrupted another attempt to smuggle drugs out of the country during a security operation targeting a criminal network in the southern Quneitra countryside.
Syria has stepped up efforts to curb the trade since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024 and the installation of a transitional government.
