Syrian border guards seize over 40 kgs of Hashish and 700,000 Captagon pills coming from Lebanon

BEIRUT — Units of the Border Guard Forces of the Syrian Arab Army have thwarted several attempts to smuggle quantities of narcotics coming from Lebanese territory into Syria in the countryside areas of Homs and Damascus in recent days, the Media and Communications Department at the Ministry of Defense said in a statement to SANA Thursday.

According to the statement, "the operations resulted in the seizure of more than 40 kilograms of hashish, in addition to over 700,000 Captagon pills."

It added that the confiscated items were handed over to the relevant authorities to complete the required legal procedures.

Earlier this month, the Syrian Anti-Narcotics Directorate, in coordination with the Internal Security Command in the Damascus countryside, also foiled an attempt to smuggle a large shipment of narcotics coming from Lebanon toward the farms of Al-Nabk, following precise security monitoring and surveillance operations.

Lebanese customs seized 3.5 tons of narcotics at the Port of Beirut in a shipment that was to be "smuggled to an African country," without specifying which one, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the Finance Ministry.