Syrian media reported, on Sunday, that a drug dealer was arrested after security coordination with the Turkish authorities. A security source informed the official “Al -Ikhbariya” channel, that Amer Al -Sheikh is “one of the most prominent and dangerous drug dealers in Syria and the region,” adding that he is required in several countries because of accusations related to the manufacture and smuggling of narcotic substances.
The security source said that Amer Al -Sheikh is required for several countries because of his organized and serious crimes related to the manufacture and smuggling of narcotic drugs. He pointed out that the sheikh is linked to international smuggling networks and influential figures during the era of the defunct regime, including the criminal Maher Al -Assad, as he was supervising the manufacture of drugs and smuggling them to neighboring countries and abroad.
The General Authority for Land and Maritime Ports in a publication via the X platform, on Saturday, announced that the smuggling of a quantity of hashish material inside the border shepherd crossing with Turkey in the northern countryside of Aleppo.
She said that the Safety and Safety Department at the Al -Ra’di border crossing was able to thwart an attempt to smuggle a quantity of hashish, which was hidden inside a truck, and the shipment was seized after the driver’s behavior was suspected, and the vehicle was subjected to careful inspection.
It is noteworthy that on June 21, the Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of Wassim Badi Al -Assad as part of a tight security operation, which is one of the most prominent symbols of the defunct regime for corruption and drug trafficking. He is directly responsible for the establishment and expansion of the Captagon trade in Syria.
During the past months, the Ministry of Interior and the competent agencies have worked to pursue and arrest drug traffickers and tourists in various governorates.
The Syrian authorities recently raised regional coordination in the field of dismantling the Captagon smuggling networks, and their campaigns in combating drug trafficking, within the framework of the dismantling of the narcotic pills production and smuggling networks that formed the nerve of the war economy managed by the previous regime.
Last week, he witnessed the thwart of several drug smuggling operations in 4 Syrian governorates, including two qualitative operations, the first of which is while heading to Iraq, and the second to Saudi Arabia, in an indication of increasing the Syrian -regional security coordination in the dismantling of the cross -border Captagon networks.
Despite the fall of the Assad regime and the major transformations taking place in the region, drug smuggling networks in Syria are still one of the most important security challenges facing Syrian -regional relations, with its continued activity towards Jordan, Iraq and the Arab Gulf states.
