Counter-narcotics units in Syria seized a record haul of 2.3 tonnes of the amphetamine-type stimulant known as captagon, the regime’s interior ministry announced on Wednesday. Law enforcement officers had earlier discovered 249 kilos of captagon hidden in steel machinery inside containers ready to leave the Mediterranean port of Latakia. The ensuing investigation alerted the authorities “to the existence of a warehouse containing drugs on a farm” in the nearby province of Hama, a ministry statement said. “The weight of the confiscated bags amounted to 2,103 kilos,” the statement said, adding t…