Conflict Incident Report

Airport customs foil cocaine smuggling operation

Date of incident:

December 23, 2014

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Inspection members in the customs department at Rafic Hariri international airport thwarted a smuggling operation of 14 kg of cocaine via the airport, National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

The field reporter added that inspectors at the travelers' department at the airport customs found an amount of about 14 kg of viscous material of cocaine with the traveler (F.A.M) born in 1992 of Brazilian nationality, who arrived at the airport today dawn coming from Brazil via Abou Dhabi .

The reporter added that the smuggler was arrested at the airport upon a request of cassation prosecution in Mount Lebanon and was transferred to the Central Narcotics Bureau to carry on investigations with him.

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/38255/Airport-customs-foil-cocain...

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

Secondary Category:

Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling

Classification of conflict (primary):

Individual acts of violence

Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

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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Airport customs foil cocaine smuggling operation