Militia in Syria’s Suwayda disposes of over 200,000 captagon pills
SUWAYDA, Syria (North Press) – The Men of Dignity Movement in Suwayda Governorate, southern Syria, disposed on Friday of a quantity of captagon pills confiscated a day earlier.
The Movement burned more than 200,000 captagon pills, with representatives of notable and religious figures, and leaders of local armed groups in Suwayda in attendance.
The Men of Dignity is a self-defense militia established after the outbreak of the Syrian war to defend Suwayda. The Movement, described as a terror organization by Russia, took a position against the Syrian government in the early days of the war but did not engage in any armed struggle with Syrian government forces.
A day earlier, a source in the Movement told the local news website SUWAYDA24 that a drug shipment meant for smuggling to Gulf countries was confiscated.
The attendees stressed they would not allow Suwayda to be turned into a passage way for the smuggling of narcotics, according to SUWAYDA24.
The Movement had expressed its readiness to fight drug smuggling following air raids, likely by Jordan, that targeted the villages of Urman and Malah in the southeast of the city of Suwayda on Jan. 18. The strikes destroyed five houses and killed 13 people, including women and children.
At the time, the Movement urged Jordan to halt airstrikes and provide lists of individuals suspected of being involved in drug trafficking and smuggling who are present in Suwayda to pursue them.
The Movement pointed out that security and military branches of the government forces neglect the security chaos and facilitate the transfer of drug shipments to Suwayda, using it as a storage site and smuggling point into Jordan.