Syrian Militants Caught Using Live Cow as a 'Mule' to Smuggle Ammo

Syrian soldiers managed to bust a man who was attempting to smuggle a shipment of ammo hidden in a live cow into Damascus.

Soldiers manning one of the checkpoints in the Syrian capital became suspicious of a small KIA truck that was transporting a cow.

The troopers detained the truck and its driver, and upon closer examination discovered that the cow was covered in numerous hastily sewn cuts.

A source in the Syrian military told Sputnik that after the cow was slaughtered and dissected, it turned out that the cow's carcass contained scores of small packages loaded with ammo (the cow’s stomach alone contained over ten such packages) that the militants were apparently attempting to smuggle from Daraa.

According to the source, the shipment was destined for militants holed up in several districts in the Damascus region that are currently being blocked by the Syrian military.