"A huge quantity of 2,765,000 Captagon pills was seized, and two individuals considered key members of the drug trafficking network" in the area were arrested, Asayish said in a statement.
Captagon is an amphetamine-type stimulant that has been sweeping the Middle East for years.
The Asayish described the operation as "one of the biggest blows to drug pushers in the region" and said that the narcotics had been brought from a "neighboring country for the purpose of trafficking."
The suspected drug pushers were ambushed on Monday night when Asayish found "small bags" inside their vehicle in Qamishli, the statement added.
Syria, under fallen dictator Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Light of the Alawites..., was a major source for the Captagon trade. The drug was one of the power cards used by the Assad regime for political leverage, and his brother Maher is believed to have been largely behind the illegal business.
With the collapse of Assad’s rule, observers have urged the international community to make ending the Captagon trade among the prerequisites for providing relief to the new Syrian leadership.
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