{"id":329716,"date":"2025-03-22T16:34:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T15:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=329716"},"modified":"2025-03-22T16:34:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T15:34:46","slug":"iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: Syrian Seizure of 3 Million Captagon Pills Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Role in Regional Drug Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_329717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-329717\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-329717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught.jpg\" alt=\"Iraqi forces foil smuggling of over one ton of drugs via Syria, Al Iraqiya News, March 16, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught-743x420.jpg 743w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-329717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iraqi forces foil smuggling of over one ton of drugs via Syria, Al Iraqiya News, March 16, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On March 21, 2025, Syrian anti-narcotics forces uncovered a staggering cache of approximately 3 million Captagon pills in a warehouse in Aleppo, arresting one suspect in a major operation. The seizure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alarabiya.net\/arab-and-world\/syria\/2025\/03\/21\/\u0633\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0627-\u0636\u0628\u0637-\u0645\u0633\u062a\u0648\u062f\u0639-\u064a\u062d\u062a\u0648\u064a-\u0639\u0644\u0649-\u0646\u062d\u0648-3-\u0645\u0644\u0627\u064a\u064a\u0646-\u062d\u0628\u0629-\u0643\u0628\u062a\u0627\u063a\u0648\u0646-\u0641\u064a-\u062d\u0644\u0628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conducted in collaboration<\/a> with Aleppo\u2019s security directorate, has reignited scrutiny on the Iranian regime\u2019s long-standing involvement in the region\u2019s illicit drug trade. While the Syrian Interior Ministry has referred the suspect to judicial authorities, emerging reports point to a deeper connection with Tehran-backed networks that have historically fueled instability in Syria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the former regime of Bashar al-Assad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/irgcs-failures-in-syria-shows-its-inability-to-save-khamenei-in-iran-ncri-member-says\/\">which collapsed in December 2024<\/a>, Syria transformed into a hub for Captagon production and trafficking, with allegations consistently linking these operations to Iranian militias and Hezbollah, both heavily supported by Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sources indicate that the Iranian regime utilized drug revenues to fund its proxy forces across the Middle East, exploiting Syria\u2019s chaos to expand its influence. The recent Aleppo bust follows a pattern of heightened Syrian efforts to dismantle these networks, including military operations targeting Hezbollah along the Lebanon border and crackdowns on weapons smuggling tied to the Iranian regime\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News: Syria Cracks Down on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hezbollah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hezbollah<\/a>\u2019s Weapons Smuggling Network Amid Tensions with Iran\u2019s Regime<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/46NQINJbJ7\">https:\/\/t.co\/46NQINJbJ7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1892528965354418656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The regime\u2019s role in Syria\u2019s drug trade is part of a broader strategy to sustain its regional ambitions despite growing pushback. Since Assad\u2019s fall, Tehran has reportedly sought to ignite insurgencies in Syria\u2019s coastal regions, using its proxies to maintain a foothold. The Captagon trade, long a financial lifeline for these groups, has flooded Middle Eastern markets, with the amphetamine-based drug becoming a staple of organized crime in the region. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.occrp.org\/en\/news\/iraq-seizes-1-tonne-of-captagon-from-syria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iraqi authorities recently seized<\/a> over a ton of Captagon originating from Syria, underscoring the scale of the problem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This latest seizure in Aleppo highlights the enduring challenge of confronting Iran\u2019s destabilizing activities in post-Assad Syria. As Syrian forces intensify their efforts to curb Tehran\u2019s influence, the international community watches closely, wary of the broader implications for regional security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 21, 2025, Syrian anti-narcotics forces uncovered a staggering cache of approximately 3 million Captagon pills in a warehouse in Aleppo, arresting one suspect in a major operation. The [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":329717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[287],"class_list":{"0":"post-329716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-terrorism-a-fundamentalism","8":"tag-iran-terrorism"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News: Syrian Seizure of 3 Million Captagon Pills Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Role in Regional Drug Trafficking - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On March 21, 2025, Syrian anti-narcotics forces uncovered a staggering cache of approximately 3 million Captagon pills in a warehouse in Aleppo, arresting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran News: Syrian Seizure of 3 Million Captagon Pills Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Role in Regional Drug Trafficking - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On March 21, 2025, Syrian anti-narcotics forces uncovered a staggering cache of approximately 3 million Captagon pills in a warehouse in Aleppo, arresting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-22T15:34:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"565\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mehdi Oghbai\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mehdi Oghbai\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\\\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\\\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mehdi Oghbai\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6d974b7886275a3c3558a2c153cd9953\"},\"headline\":\"Iran News: Syrian Seizure of 3 Million Captagon Pills Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Role in Regional Drug Trafficking\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-22T15:34:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\\\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":365,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\\\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Iran Terrorism\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Latest News on Iranian Terrorism\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\\\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\\\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran News: Syrian Seizure of 3 Million Captagon Pills Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Role in Regional Drug Trafficking - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\\\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\\\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-22T15:34:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"On March 21, 2025, Syrian anti-narcotics forces uncovered a staggering cache of approximately 3 million Captagon pills in a warehouse in Aleppo, arresting\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\\\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\\\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\\\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":565,\"caption\":\"Iraqi forces foil smuggling of over one ton of drugs via Syria, Al Iraqiya News, March 16, 2025\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\\\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iran News: Syrian Seizure of 3 Million Captagon Pills Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Role in Regional Drug Trafficking\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"NCRI\",\"description\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"alternateName\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"width\":402,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/iran_policy\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6d974b7886275a3c3558a2c153cd9953\",\"name\":\"Mehdi Oghbai\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e75a9651867c269b9def585b1d0cd3f8dd829c686ad851143c59a251ff991959?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e75a9651867c269b9def585b1d0cd3f8dd829c686ad851143c59a251ff991959?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e75a9651867c269b9def585b1d0cd3f8dd829c686ad851143c59a251ff991959?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mehdi Oghbai\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/mehdi-oghbai\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Iran News: Syrian Seizure of 3 Million Captagon Pills Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Role in Regional Drug Trafficking - NCRI","description":"On March 21, 2025, Syrian anti-narcotics forces uncovered a staggering cache of approximately 3 million Captagon pills in a warehouse in Aleppo, arresting","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:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran News: Syrian Seizure of 3 Million Captagon Pills Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Role in Regional Drug Trafficking - NCRI","og_description":"On March 21, 2025, Syrian anti-narcotics forces uncovered a staggering cache of approximately 3 million Captagon pills in a warehouse in Aleppo, arresting","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2025-03-22T15:34:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":565,"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mehdi Oghbai","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iran_policy","twitter_site":"@iran_policy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mehdi Oghbai","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/"},"author":{"name":"Mehdi Oghbai","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6d974b7886275a3c3558a2c153cd9953"},"headline":"Iran News: Syrian Seizure of 3 Million Captagon Pills Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Role in Regional Drug Trafficking","datePublished":"2025-03-22T15:34:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/"},"wordCount":365,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught.jpg","keywords":["Iran Terrorism"],"articleSection":["Latest News on Iranian Terrorism"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/","name":"Iran News: Syrian Seizure of 3 Million Captagon Pills Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Role in Regional Drug Trafficking - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-22T15:34:46+00:00","description":"On March 21, 2025, Syrian anti-narcotics forces uncovered a staggering cache of approximately 3 million Captagon pills in a warehouse in Aleppo, arresting","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/al-araqiyeh-drug-smuggler-caught.jpg","width":1000,"height":565,"caption":"Iraqi forces foil smuggling of over one ton of drugs via Syria, Al Iraqiya News, March 16, 2025"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-syrian-seizure-of-3-million-captagon-pills-exposes-iranian-regimes-role-in-regional-drug-trafficking\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran News: Syrian Seizure of 3 Million Captagon Pills Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Role in Regional Drug Trafficking"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6d974b7886275a3c3558a2c153cd9953","name":"Mehdi Oghbai","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e75a9651867c269b9def585b1d0cd3f8dd829c686ad851143c59a251ff991959?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e75a9651867c269b9def585b1d0cd3f8dd829c686ad851143c59a251ff991959?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e75a9651867c269b9def585b1d0cd3f8dd829c686ad851143c59a251ff991959?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mehdi Oghbai"},"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/mehdi-oghbai\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}