Syria arrests Homs network chief with 9 kg of hashish
Syria's anti-narcotics directorate arrested the man it calls the head of a Homs drug trafficking network, finding 9 kilograms of hashish and 120,000 Captagon pills on him. The agency said the arrest followed its May operation against the same network, in which two members were detained over 200,000 Captagon pills smuggled from Lebanon.
Syria’s anti-narcotics directorate announced the arrest of a man identified by
the initials G.Sh., described as the head of a drug trafficking network whose
two members were arrested in May.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]He was found with 9 kilograms of hashish
and 120,000 Captagon pills, the directorate said.[1][2][3][4][5][8][6][9][7][10][11]
The directorate said its Homs branch made the arrest, continuing an operation it
carried out on 5 May 2026 that broke up an attempt to smuggle 200,000 Captagon
pills from Lebanon and led to two arrests.[1][2][3][4][12][9][7]The two May detainees were the
two members of the network, in an operation whose pills came from Lebanon.[13]Units kept tracking the rest of those involved and the network’s branches, the
directorate said.[1][8]
The directorate said the seized items were confiscated and the detainee was sent
to the competent judiciary.[1][2][3][4][5][8][6]
The ringleader was identified through security follow-up and arrested in a well-planned ambush.[4]
The Arabic page attributes the operations to the anti-narcotics branch of the Syrian Interior Ministry.[5][14]
Malatya Haber carried the story as İLKHA wire copy, printed without editorial change.[12]
The Turkish account gives the weight found on the suspect as 9 kilograms of esrar, the Turkish word for hashish, alongside 120,000 Captagon pills.[14]
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A member of the anti-narcotics directorate with the seized narcotics in Homs. Photo: SANAPhoto details
Syria's anti-narcotics directorate arrested three people in two operations in Rif Dimashq over smuggling drugs from Lebanon into Syria. Officers seized 61 kg of hashish and 2 kg of marijuana, alongside 200,000 narcotic pills, and referred the detainees for investigation.
Syrian border guards stopped a drug shipment from Lebanon at Sarghaya in the Damascus countryside, and the smugglers opened fire before fleeing back across the border, Syria's Defence Ministry said. The force seized 280 kilograms of hashish and 28,000 Captagon pills, but reported no arrests.
Syrian customs officers seized 2,600 grams of hashish hidden inside a loudspeaker at the Qamar border crossing with Lebanon during routine luggage checks. The operation also netted 17 grams of heroin, and customs filed a violation report while pledging tighter border surveillance.
Syria's Interior Ministry said a security campaign against drug dealers and users in three Raqqa neighbourhoods led to several arrests and the seizure of drug-use equipment. The campaign was announced inside the ministry's October 2026 tally, which reported 582 kg of hashish seized nationwide.
