Airport Police Arrest Man for Smuggling of Drugs in Shoes

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Customs police at the Rafik Hariri International Airport on Tuesday, thwarted a drug smuggling bid and seized six kilograms of drugs carefully hidden inside shoe soles, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Police was informed that a drug trafficker identified by his initials as Aa.A would try to smuggle drugs through the airport, NNA.

The suspect, a Lebanese, was flying from South America and bound for Lebanon early at dawn on Tuesday.

He had hidden the drugs in the shoes soles in a professional manner, said NNA.

The smuggler was arrested and transferred to the Anti-Narcotics Bureau.

SourceNaharnet
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Thumb canadianleb 7 years

Hey Sherlock!! read the article it clearly stats "Police was informed that a drug trafficker identified by his initials as Aa.A would try to smuggle drugs through the airport, NNA." I know the bad grammar may have thrown you off...