Airport Customs Foil Bid to Smuggle Drugs from Brazil into Lebanon
Customs officers at the Rafik Hariri International Airport on Thursday thwarted an attempt to smuggle a quantity of drugs into the country.
A Lebanese man who arrived from Brazil via Qatar raised the suspicions of customs officers, state-run National News Agency reported.
"When they examined his travel suitcase, they discovered 7.5 kilograms of cocaine that were hidden in the suitcase in a 'creative' way,” NNA said.
The 27-year-old man identified as H. Sh. was arrested after customs officials received the authorization of the relevant judicial authorities, NNA added.
He was referred to the central anti-drug bureau in Beirut for further interrogation.
On March 7, airport security thwarted attempts to smuggle counterfeit Saudi Riyals and narcotic pills from Lebanon to Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
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Drugs come from FARCs... HA's allies in terrorism. Our friend H. Sh is Hussein Shxxxxxxxxsx
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H for Halal :)
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missio
why are you here if you know very well that Naharnet is an M14 press relay? shouldnt you be on tayyar.org ?
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Funny everything is so much politicized in such a partisan manner.
Nice job BRICS. Oh wait....