Syrian border guards seize 40 kg hashish, 700,000 captagon from Lebanon
Syrian Arab Army Border Guard units foiled several recent attempts to smuggle narcotics from Lebanese territory into the countryside of Homs and Damascus, seizing more than 40 kilograms of hashish and over 700,000 Captagon pills. The seized material was handed to the competent authorities to complete legal procedures; no arrests or court stage have been reported.
🇸🇾 countryside of Homs and Damascus governorates, Syria
Units of the Syrian Arab Army’s Border Guard Forces have foiled several attempts
in recent days to smuggle narcotics from Lebanese territory into Syria in the
countryside of Homs and Damascus.[1]The operations resulted in the seizure of
more than 40 kilograms of hashish and over 700,000 Captagon pills.[1]The
Syrian Ministry of Defense’s Media and Communication Directorate said that units
of the Border Guard Forces of the Syrian Arab Army had foiled several attempts
in recent days to smuggle quantities of narcotics from Lebanese territory into
Syria in the countryside of Homs and Damascus.[2]
The same directorate said the operations led to the confiscation of more than 40
kilograms of hashish in addition to over 700,000 Captagon pills.[2]The
confiscated items were handed to the competent authorities to complete the legal
procedures; no details were given on the number of attempts, the identities of
those involved, or the timing of the operations.[2]
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The number of individual smuggling attempts foiled was not specified; the statement refers to several attempts.
No identities of the individuals involved were given.
The exact dates of the individual operations were not disclosed; 23 July 2026 is the publication date of the SANA/Ta'akkad report and is used as the incident date.
No arrests or court outcome has been reported; the seized items were handed to the competent authorities to complete legal procedures.
Captagon is an amphetamine stimulant and not a cannabis product; only the 40 kg of hashish (and not the 700,000 captagon pills) is recorded in the tracker's cannabis figures.
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