The interior and health ministries launched a national anti-drug campaign at a ceremony in Damascus attended by President al-Sharaa. The drug enforcement chief said 1,550 operations since December 2024 had dismantled 90 trafficking networks and 17 Captagon labs and seized about 697 million Captagon pills, 15 tonnes of hashish, 84.5 kilograms of crystal meth, 10 million narcotic pills, 7 kilograms of heroin and 221 tonnes of precursors. He also said the price of a kilogram of hashish had risen from about $220 to $600.[1][2]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Syria here.
References
- SANA — بحضور الرئيس الشرع.. إطلاق الحملة الوطنية لمكافحة المخدرات ومعالجة الإدمان (26 June 2026)Khalid Eid's figures and the hashish price comparisonarchived
- Levant24 — Syria Launches National Campaign on International Day Against Drug Abuse (27 June 2026)same operation figures; gives 180 kg cocaine where SANA gives 18 kgarchived
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