LONDON: Syrian anti-narcotics authorities cracked down on criminal networks involved in drug trafficking in two separate operations on Tuesday following close monitoring.
The Anti-Narcotics Department in Aleppo arrested five people and seized 1 kg of H-Boz and 158,000 captagon pills during the first operation. The department then seized 267,000 captagon pills and 20 kg of hashish.
The authorities from the Syrian Arab Republic said that the seized items were confiscated and those involved in the crimes had been referred to the judiciary, reported the Syrian Arab News Agency.
Authorities in Syria continue to fight against drug trafficking, cooperating with neighboring countries such as Jordan, Turkiye, and Iraq to dismantle criminal networks.
The former regime of Bashar Assad has been accused of helping to turn the country into a hub for manufacturing highly toxic captagon while sponsoring cartels to smuggle drugs to the Arab Gulf and other countries.
