BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 3.Syrian anti-narcotic authorities dismantled a drug-trafficking network in the northern city of Aleppo, seizing more than 31,000 captagon pills and a quantity of crystal meth with a combined street value of hundreds of thousands of US dollars TurkicWorld reports via arabnews.
The Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday that following a surveillance operation police and anti-narcotic units arrested a drug ringleader, identified by the initials “H.E.,” and four associates. They seized captagon tablets, about 500 grams of crystal meth and additional liquid forms of the drug.
The announcement follows the dismantling of a drug-trafficking network in Damascus this week that resulted in the arrest of a ringleader and nine associates, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency.
Authorities in Syria continue to fight against drug production, dealing and 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 turning the country into a hub for the manufacture of the highly toxic captagon while sponsoring cartels to smuggle drugs into the Arab Gulf and other countries.
