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Customs foil attempt to smuggle narcotics through Qamar Bridge border crossing with Lebanon

Syria ·

During routine inspections of arriving travellers' luggage, customs staff seized 2,600 grams of a narcotic substance, according to Mazen Alloush, director of international relations and cooperation at the General Authority for Ports and Customs.

Syria and Lebanon share a long border, and drug smuggling across it, including captagon, has been a recurring concern for authorities in both countries.

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