Internal Security thwarts an attempt to smuggle drugs from Lebanon to Damascus countryside
The Internal Security Forces in the Damascus countryside foiled an attempt to smuggle large quantities of narcotic substances that were on their way from Lebanese territory to the town of Ras al-Maara in the Yabroud area of the Damascus countryside.
The Directorate of Information of Damascus Countryside said on its Telegram channel on Friday: "The operation came after a tight ambush in the mountainous area west of the town, based on accurate information that indicated an attempt to enter a shipment of narcotic substances loaded on the backs of dogs."
The Directorate explained that the operation resulted in the confiscation of the shipment, which included about 700 palms of hashish with an estimated weight of about 120 kilograms, in addition to 398 bags of Captagon pills, equivalent to about 398 thousand pills, as well as 30 bags of marijuana, while those involved fled to an unknown destination.
The Directorate pointed out that the competent authorities continue search and investigation operations to track down and arrest those involved, in preparation for presenting them to the competent judiciary.
The operation comes as part of the ongoing efforts of the concerned authorities to combat drugs, prosecute drug dealers and promoters, strike and dismantle the networks that work to smuggle them across the border, and take the necessary legal measures against them to preserve the security of the community and the safety of its children.
The Ministry of Interior announces the dismantling of a drug network
On the 8th of this month, the Ministry of Interior announced the dismantling of drug smuggling networks that it described as "international", through joint security operations with the Iraqi side, which resulted in the seizure of about one million "CaptaGun" pills, in one of the most prominent operations announced during the recent period.
The Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Wednesday, April 8, that the Anti-Narcotics Department carried out operations in cooperation with the General Directorate of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances in Iraq, and included three "qualitative" security operations that targeted networks specialized in trafficking and smuggling of narcotics across the border, without identifying the exact locations for carrying out these operations.
The ministry added that security forces were able to seize "large" quantities of narcotic pills, estimated at about one million "kpetagun" pills, in addition to arresting four people they said were key elements in these networks, without revealing their full identities.
For his part, the director of relations and media at the Directorate of Narcotics Affairs at the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, Ziad al-Qaisi, announced the dismantling of an international network and the arrest of its members during joint operations with the Syrian side.
Al-Qaisi said in a press conference that the operations were based on joint intelligence information between the two parties, and resulted in the seizure of one million "CaptaGun" pills, pointing out that the defendants have been referred to the judiciary to complete the legal proceedings against them.
These operations come within the framework of "continuous and fruitful co-operation" between the security agencies of the two countries, he said, with the aim of pursuing cross-border drug smuggling networks and curbing the spread of narcotics in the region.