Drugs, found in the headquarters of the 4th Division of the ousted al-Assad regime, are destroyed in Damascus

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - JANUARY 19: A view of the packages of the drugs discovered by the General Security Administration in the headquarters of the 4th Division under the command of Maher al-Assad, the brother of ousted al-Assad regime leader Bashar al-Assad, as General Security Administration personnel are being destroyed tons of drugs by burning them in Damascus, Syria on January 19, 2025. The drugs found in the warehouses of the 4th Division's headquarters on the Syria-Lebanon highway in the capital Damascus were transported to an open area with pickup trucks. Bags of drugs such as captagon and marijuana were stacked in a pit in the 4th Division compound. (Photo by Hisam Hac Omer/Anadolu via Getty Images)