Wehbe Says 'Smuggling Harms Country' after SA Halts Lebanese Imports over Drugs
Following Saudi Arabia’s decision to stop fresh produce imports from Lebanon over drugs smuggling, Lebanon said drug smuggling harms Lebanon’s reputation and that the file must be handled by the judicial bodies.
Drug smuggling "harms Lebanon's economy, farmers and reputation", caretaker Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe stressed.
Wehbe said the foreign ministry had been informed by Saudi Arabia of its decision to halt imports of fruit and vegetables.
The minister emphasized that Lebanon’s judicial and customs authorities are required to stop all forms of smuggling, noting that he informed the presidency, the interior and defense ministries, and the chief of the general security directorate.
Saudi Arabia announced Friday the suspension of fruit and vegetable imports from Lebanon, saying shipments were being used for drug smuggling and accusing Beirut of inaction.
The SPA news agency reported Friday that customs officials seized 5.3 million pills of captagon hidden in a consignment of "pomegranate" fruit imported from Lebanon at the Red Sea port of Jeddah.
The decision is a blow to Lebanon, which is facing its worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.
Saudi Arabia has taken a step back from its former ally, angered by the influence of Hizbullah, which is backed by Riyadh's rival Tehran.
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Lebanese customs. By land, sea, or air are controlled by Ebola.
How can the Lebanese state do anything agains it? Ebola claims that they are resistance, and that they watch our borders. The state has no authority over Ebola, and made this choice since the end of the war. Things have much worsen under Michel Aoun who claimed that Ebola was legal resistance, while they resist nothing!
They only steal, corrupt, embezzle, threaten, assassinate and wage wars. They have their agenda, their sect, and are corrupted by a foreign state. They are THE major problem of our country. No salvation for Lebanon as long as we have this militia...
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Remember and vomit...
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2017/03/lebanon-president-defend-hezbollah-weapons.html
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What an expert statement from a supposedly expert technocrat minister.
What a joke. He should have issued this statement when he became minister, not when it’s too late. Tssss
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Wehbe Says 'Smuggling Harms Country'
The incompetent Aouni minister just learned that 'Smuggling Harms Country' :)
بالتفاصيل والفيديو.. هكذا ضبطت اليونان 4 أطنان حشيش قادمة من لبنان بمساعدة السعودية
أعلنت السلطات اليونانية أنها تلقت مساعدة من مديرية مكافحة المخدرات في السعودية، أدت لضبط نحو 4 أطنان من الحشيش مخبأة في شحنة من آلات صنع الحلويات، كانت متجهة من لبنان إلى سلوفاكيا.
وتكللت جهود السلطات اليونانية بالنجاح في ضبط 4.3 طن من الحشيش داخل حاوية بعد المساعدة السعودية، عطفا على المعلومات التي تلقتها فرقة الجرائم المالية في اليونان والواردة من إدارة مكافحة المخدرات الأميركية.
https://www.lebanon24.com/news/lebanon/816117/بالتفاصيل-والفيديو-هكذا-ضبطت-اليونان-4-أطنان-حشيش