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Customs foil plan to smuggle hashish to Libya
Date of incident:
June 7, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Customs
Lebanese Customs announced that they had intercepted a drug shipment headed for Libya from the Beirut Port, state media reported.
The National News Agency said that Customs had foiled a plan to smuggle around 3,187 kilograms of hashish to Libya. The drugs were neatly and discreetly packed into nylon rolls which were being carried in a container.
Several suspects were arrested, and an investigation is underway to locate the rest.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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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