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Conflict Incident Report

Drug-Making material from Turkey seized at Tripoli Port

Date of incident: 
November 25, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Customs

On 25 Nov 16, Customs authorities at Tripoli Port seized 96 barrels filled with drug-manufacturing substances. The shipment was hidden in two secret compartments in two trucks that arrived from Turkey. The owners of the two trucks are Lebanese citizens.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary 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.