Syrian authorities arrest drug kingpin from Assad clan near Lattakia

LONDON: Syrian authorities arrested a prominent drug dealer on Thursday in the coastal province of Lattakia. Nomair Al-Assad is regarded as one of the country’s most prominent drug dealers and has been involved in several crimes during the era of the Bashar Assad regime, according to the Ministry of Interior. Internal Security Forces captured Al-Assad alongside several members of a criminal gang in the city of Qardaha, famously known as the hometown of the Assad family. Brig. Gen.

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