Syria announces seizure of 12 million captagon pills in raid near Damascus

Syria seizes large drug shipment in desert

The Drug Control Department, in partnership with the Badia Security Directorate, conducted the operation after surveillance and intelligence efforts led to the location of a narcotics shipment destined for Jordanian territory. Syria TV informed that the drugs were to be transported to Jordan by different methods, including shoulder-carrying or helium balloons, demonstrating the level of sophistication used by the smuggling networks. Khaled Eid, …

Syria announces seizure of 12 million captagon pills

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. The seizure marks one of the largest drug busts since the transitional authority assumed power in late 2024. 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 …

Syria announces seizure of 12 million captagon pills in raid near Damascus

The seizure marks one of the largest drug busts since the transitional authority assumed power in late 2024. Captagon became Syria's 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.