Damascus, June 14 (SANA)Syrian authorities have dismantled an internationaldrug-trafficking networkand seized 800,000 captagon pills and 60 kilograms of cannabis in coordinated operations in Homs and Deir Ezzor provinces, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

The ministry said the operations were carried out bySyria’s Drug Enforcement Administration(DEA) in coordination withIraq’s General Directoratefor Narcotics Affairs and Psychotropic Substances as part of efforts to combat organized crime and cross-border smuggling.

Several suspects were arrested during the raids, according to a ministry statement posted on Telegram.

The ministry said the drugs were intended forsmugglingand distribution.

It described the operation as the result of close coordination and intelligence-sharing betweenSyrian and Iraqi authoritiesaimed at disrupting international trafficking networks and supply routes.

The operation follows a similar crackdown announced in April. On April 26, Syria’s DEA, working with Iraqi anti-narcotics authorities, conducted coordinated raids in Damascus Countryside and Homs targeting what officials described as an international trafficking network with regional links. According to the Interior Ministry, authorities seized 1.73 million captagon pills and arrested eight suspects, including a woman.