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Crime Rings Plotted to Trade Cocaine for Syrian Weapons, Prosecutors Say

The intricate scheme, spanning four continents, appears to justify concerns that the military arsenal of Bashar al-Assad, the deposed Syrian dictator, could fall into dangerous hands.

© Ivor Prickett for The New York Times

Weapons and ammunition handed in by former Syrian soldiers and police officers in Latakia, Syria, in December.
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