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Attempted smuggling of narcotics through Beirut airport
Date of incident:
February 8, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Beirut airport police arrested a drug-smuggler female after seizing ample amounts of narcotic that she hid in boxes of sweets, the National News Agency reported.
NNA said that the police searched the woman's luggage and found the drugs packed and hidden in sweets boxes.
The woman was trying to smuggle the drugs to Brazil, it added.
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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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