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Beirut airport security confiscates 20,000 Captagon pills hidden in tea tins
Date of incident:
November 24, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Judicial Police - ISF
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Airport security at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International has thwarted an attempt to smuggle abroad some 20,000 Captagon pills hidden in tins of loose leaf tea, a statement from the Internal Security Forces reported Saturday.
The smuggler, identified as Syrian national Aa.Q., born in 1990, was arrested Thursday while attempting to travel on a Middle East Airlines flight with the pills hidden in his luggage.
The suspect was referred to the Judicial Police along with the confiscated pills.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category:
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
Classification of conflict (primary):
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.
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