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Conflict Incident Report
Drug smuggler caught hiding Captagon in rugs
Date of incident:
October 27, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
The Internal Security Forces' Central Drug Enforcement Office has arrested a man suspected of trying to smuggle drugs abroad by hiding them in rugs and shipping them through Lebanon’s national post.
The Lebanese national, identified as H.D., was arrested on Oct. 11 after he allegedly attempted to smuggle about 15,000 Captagon pills inside five rugs to neighboring Arab countries through LibanPost.
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.