{"id":130070,"date":"2025-09-22T15:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=130070"},"modified":"2025-09-22T15:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:39:10","slug":"syrian-authorities-seize-1-million-captagon-pills-in-daraa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian Authorities seize 1 million captagon pills in Daraa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press)<\/strong> \u2013 The Anti-Narcotics Department in Daraa announced on Monday the seizure of nearly one million Captagon pills hidden inside soft drink containers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Syrian state-run al-Ikhbariya TV, the operation took place while the shipment was being prepared for smuggling to Saudi Arabia through the Nassib border crossing with Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report added that the Anti-Narcotics Branch in Aleppo, in cooperation with the Internal Security Directorate, also dismantled a drug distribution network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Interior stated through its official platforms that the operation in Aleppo led to the arrest of suspects and the confiscation of approximately 100,000 pills prepared for distribution in neighborhoods across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syrian authorities have announced several similar drug seizures in recent months, amid regional concerns over the growing Captagon trade through southern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Atoun Jan<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Anti-Narcotics Department in Daraa announced on Monday the seizure of nearly one million Captagon pills hidden inside soft drink containers. According to Syrian state-run al-Ikhbariya TV, the operation took place while the shipment was being prepared for smuggling to Saudi Arabia through the Nassib border crossing with Jordan. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":130071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,39,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-home","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Syrian Authorities seize 1 million captagon pills in Daraa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Anti-Narcotics Department in Daraa announced on Monday the seizure of nearly one million Captagon pills hidden inside\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Syrian Authorities seize 1 million captagon pills in Daraa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Anti-Narcotics Department in Daraa announced on Monday the seizure of nearly one million Captagon pills hidden inside\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North press agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-22T15:39:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-22T15:39:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Anti-Narcotics-Branch-in-Daraa-thwarts-an-attempt-to-smuggle-one-million-narcotic-pills-rc4t1mhf5ppdn5udmhnrxhemfj3rrs9u5bggogiwy4-750x430-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"publish\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"publish\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/130070\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/130070\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"publish\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a3878bde0c368aec6b31c38f755807e5\"},\"headline\":\"Syrian Authorities seize 1 million captagon pills in Daraa\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-22T15:39:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-22T15:39:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/130070\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":142,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/130070\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/The-Anti-Narcotics-Branch-in-Daraa-thwarts-an-attempt-to-smuggle-one-million-narcotic-pills-rc4t1mhf5ppdn5udmhnrxhemfj3rrs9u5bggogiwy4-750x430-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"COMMUNITY\",\"HOME\",\"SYRIA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/130070\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/130070\\\/\",\"name\":\"Syrian Authorities seize 1 million captagon pills in Daraa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/130070\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/130070\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/The-Anti-Narcotics-Branch-in-Daraa-thwarts-an-attempt-to-smuggle-one-million-narcotic-pills-rc4t1mhf5ppdn5udmhnrxhemfj3rrs9u5bggogiwy4-750x430-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-22T15:39:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-22T15:39:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Anti-Narcotics Department in Daraa announced on Monday the seizure of nearly one million Captagon pills hidden inside\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/130070\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/130070\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/130070\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/The-Anti-Narcotics-Branch-in-Daraa-thwarts-an-attempt-to-smuggle-one-million-narcotic-pills-rc4t1mhf5ppdn5udmhnrxhemfj3rrs9u5bggogiwy4-750x430-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/The-Anti-Narcotics-Branch-in-Daraa-thwarts-an-attempt-to-smuggle-one-million-narcotic-pills-rc4t1mhf5ppdn5udmhnrxhemfj3rrs9u5bggogiwy4-750x430-1.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":430,\"caption\":\"Captagon pills seized in Daraa\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/130070\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Syrian Authorities seize 1 million captagon pills in Daraa\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"description\":\"North press agency\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"width\":682,\"height\":388,\"caption\":\"North press agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/NPA.SYR\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NPA_English\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/northpressagency\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a3878bde0c368aec6b31c38f755807e5\",\"name\":\"publish\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"publish\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/publish\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Syrian Authorities seize 1 million captagon pills in Daraa","description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Anti-Narcotics Department in Daraa announced on Monday the seizure of nearly one million Captagon pills hidden inside","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Syrian Authorities seize 1 million captagon pills in Daraa","og_description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Anti-Narcotics Department in Daraa announced on Monday the seizure of nearly one million Captagon pills hidden inside","og_url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/","og_site_name":"North press agency","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","article_published_time":"2025-09-22T15:39:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-22T15:39:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":430,"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Anti-Narcotics-Branch-in-Daraa-thwarts-an-attempt-to-smuggle-one-million-narcotic-pills-rc4t1mhf5ppdn5udmhnrxhemfj3rrs9u5bggogiwy4-750x430-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"publish","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NPA_English","twitter_site":"@NPA_English","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"publish","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/"},"author":{"name":"publish","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a3878bde0c368aec6b31c38f755807e5"},"headline":"Syrian Authorities seize 1 million captagon pills in Daraa","datePublished":"2025-09-22T15:39:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-22T15:39:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/"},"wordCount":142,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Anti-Narcotics-Branch-in-Daraa-thwarts-an-attempt-to-smuggle-one-million-narcotic-pills-rc4t1mhf5ppdn5udmhnrxhemfj3rrs9u5bggogiwy4-750x430-1.jpg","articleSection":["COMMUNITY","HOME","SYRIA"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/","name":"Syrian Authorities seize 1 million captagon pills in Daraa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Anti-Narcotics-Branch-in-Daraa-thwarts-an-attempt-to-smuggle-one-million-narcotic-pills-rc4t1mhf5ppdn5udmhnrxhemfj3rrs9u5bggogiwy4-750x430-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-22T15:39:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-22T15:39:10+00:00","description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The Anti-Narcotics Department in Daraa announced on Monday the seizure of nearly one million Captagon pills hidden inside","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Anti-Narcotics-Branch-in-Daraa-thwarts-an-attempt-to-smuggle-one-million-narcotic-pills-rc4t1mhf5ppdn5udmhnrxhemfj3rrs9u5bggogiwy4-750x430-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Anti-Narcotics-Branch-in-Daraa-thwarts-an-attempt-to-smuggle-one-million-narcotic-pills-rc4t1mhf5ppdn5udmhnrxhemfj3rrs9u5bggogiwy4-750x430-1.jpg","width":750,"height":430,"caption":"Captagon pills seized in Daraa"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130070\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Syrian Authorities seize 1 million captagon pills in Daraa"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","name":"North press agency","description":"North press agency","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization","name":"North press agency","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","width":682,"height":388,"caption":"North press agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/NPA_English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/northpressagency\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a3878bde0c368aec6b31c38f755807e5","name":"publish","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"publish"},"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/author\/publish\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130070"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130073,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130070\/revisions\/130073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}