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Conflict Incident Report

Airport Customs Arrest Suspect for Smuggling Drugs in Condoms

Date of incident: 
November 14, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons

Customs at Rafik Hariri International Airport arrested on Saturday a Peruvian national on drug smuggling charges, reported the National News Agency.
It said that the suspect had concealed around a kilogram of cocaine in condoms that he had swallowed.
The traveler had arrived in Lebanon from Brazil via Abu Dhabi.
He has since been referred to the concerned authorities for investigation.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/194444-airport-customs-arrest-suspect...

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.