Iraq, Syria launch joint anti-drug raid, seize hundreds of kilos of narcotics

Iraqi and Syrian anti-narcotics forces carried out a joint operation inside Syrian territory, seizing hundreds of kilograms of drugs and arresting several suspects wanted internationally, Iraq’s Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
A statement from the ministry said a force from Iraq’s General Directorate of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Affairs entered Syria in coordination with Syrian anti-drug authorities.
The operation led to the seizure of about 320 kilograms of narcotics and the arrest of several members of cross-border trafficking networks, it said, without giving further details.
Syria’s internal security authority also confirmed it intercepted a major drug shipment on Wednesday, confiscating 108 kilograms of hashish and more than 1.27 million captagon pills, worth millions of U.S. dollars on the street.