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Conflict Incident Report

Airport customs foils attempt to smuggle 90 KGS of Gold

Date of incident: 
April 6, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Customs

NNA - Rafik Hariri International Airport customs foiled an attempt to smuggle 90 KGS of gold, NNA field reporter said, adding that the gold was confiscated after being found with a passenger arriving from Dubai. 

Primary 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.