Syrian authorities in Homs located a tunnel used by Hezbollah terrorists to smuggle weapons across the border into Lebanon, state TV channel Al-Ikhbaria reported on Wednesday.
The regime's security personnel also "seized several warehouses containing weapons and ammunition prepared for smuggling," the report said.
Syria's Interior Ministry seized IED components near Lebanon border
In a later Wednesday report, the TV channel announced that internal security authorities identified attempts to smuggle a "large shipment of explosive lighting" materials that were on their way to Lebanon.
These approximately 6,000 electric components were seized by authorities, the Interior Ministry confirmed.
The components were likely intended to create improvised explosive devices, analysts say.
The seizure took place in al-Nabk, north of Damascus, near the Syria-Lebanon border, across from Baalbek.
Hezbollah's position in Syria is believed to have been weakened since December 2024, when Ahmed al-Sharaa's Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham deposed the Assad regime from power.
Sharaa, who has a history of leading Sunni Islamist groups, has taken a tougher stance against the Shia regime of Iran and its proxies, including Hezbollah, from conducting terror operations and smuggling in Syrian territory.