Egyptian authorities are cracking down on Syrian and Lebanese shipments in an effort to combat drug smuggling, Egyptian media reported on Wednesday. The Egyptian Customs Authority will tighten control procedures at various air, land and sea customs ports in the country, specifically on containers and goods arriving from the two Levantine countries according to a document obtained by news outlet Cairo 24. Since the outbreak of the Syrian conflict in 2011, Damascus has become one of the Arab world’s biggest exporters of Captagon – a prohibited amphetamine-type stimulant. Lebanon too has become a…