New drug seizure near the Lebanese-Syrian border

Syrian security forces announced Saturday that they had seized another large quantity of drugs for the second consecutive day, coming from Lebanon. The operation was carried out in the town of al-Nabek, located north of Damascus, about 20 kilometers from the Lebanese border. It is near an informal crossing point that links Syria to the Lebanese village of Ersal, in the eastern Bekaa region.

According to a statement issued by the anti-narcotics division of the Syrian Ministry of Interior, an ambush was set up for a vehicle transporting “500,000 Captagon pills, 500 blocks of hashish, and 165 kilograms of cannabis resin.” Two individuals were arrested during the operation, the statement added.

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The day before, a similar operation had already led to the seizure of around 3 million Captagon pills and nearly 50 kilograms of hashish in the same area.

These operations are part of intensified efforts by Syrian authorities to combat cross-border drug trafficking with Lebanon and to dismantle the networks involved in the production and distribution of these substances.

Nouvelle saisie importante de drogue près de la frontière libano-syrienne