The Internal Security Forces (ISF) issued a statement on Monday regarding their successful interception of drug smuggling attempts outside Lebanon.
The Regional Anti-Drug Office in Sidon, part of the Judicial Police Unit, successfully thwarted a smuggling operation on December 30, involving 418,380 Captagon pills concealed professionally inside wooden beams loaded into machinery used for the production of animal feed. The shipment was intended for smuggling via maritime transport to an Arab country, and the Lebanese owner of the shipping company was subsequently arrested.
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Following thorough investigations, the identities of those involved in the Captagon smuggling operation from Lebanon were revealed. They were identified as two Iraqi nationals in collaboration with a Lebanese individual.
The Special Unit force in the Hamra area apprehended, on January 3, one member of the network who is of Lebanese nationality. During the interrogation, he disclosed the existence of another network engaged in the trafficking of crystal meth and the drug GHB. The unit also arrested a drug dealer in Hamra, of Syrian nationality, who was found in possession of divided quantities of crystal meth in bags prepared for sale, along with a sensitive scale. The drugs were being sold to hotel guests.
Upon interrogating the guests, they admitted that a Lebanese individual was responsible for securing quantities of the drug “GHB.” This individual was arrested on January 9, 2024, and confessed to obtaining it from a Lebanese person nicknamed “Moe.”
On January 15, 2024, the Regional Anti-Drug Office in Sidon managed to arrest the latter in the Ain al-Rummaneh area, seizing a significant quantity of drugs.
The Regional Anti-Drug Office in Sidon, part of the Judicial Police Unit, successfully thwarted a smuggling operation on December 30, involving 418,380 Captagon pills concealed professionally inside wooden beams loaded into machinery used for the production of animal feed. The shipment was intended for smuggling via maritime transport to an Arab country, and the Lebanese owner of the shipping company was subsequently arrested.
[gallery size="full" link="none" ids="219127,219128,219129,219130"]
Following thorough investigations, the identities of those involved in the Captagon smuggling operation from Lebanon were revealed. They were identified as two Iraqi nationals in collaboration with a Lebanese individual.
The Special Unit force in the Hamra area apprehended, on January 3, one member of the network who is of Lebanese nationality. During the interrogation, he disclosed the existence of another network engaged in the trafficking of crystal meth and the drug GHB. The unit also arrested a drug dealer in Hamra, of Syrian nationality, who was found in possession of divided quantities of crystal meth in bags prepared for sale, along with a sensitive scale. The drugs were being sold to hotel guests.
Upon interrogating the guests, they admitted that a Lebanese individual was responsible for securing quantities of the drug “GHB.” This individual was arrested on January 9, 2024, and confessed to obtaining it from a Lebanese person nicknamed “Moe.”
On January 15, 2024, the Regional Anti-Drug Office in Sidon managed to arrest the latter in the Ain al-Rummaneh area, seizing a significant quantity of drugs.
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