Conflict Incident Report

ISF: Drug smuggling operation foiled in Beirut airport

Date of incident:

August 29, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Judicial Police - ISF

Beirut Airport Security (BAS)

NNA - A drug smuggling operation from India to Lebanon was foiled in Rafic Hariri International Airport and big amounts of "Tramadol" pills were confiscated, a communiqué issued by Interior Security Forces (ISF) - General Directorate - Public Relations department said.
The communiqué added on 29 August 2016 and upon intensive investigations, the Central Office for fighting drugs affiliated with the Judicial Police Unit and in coordination with the Airport Security apparatus, was able to foil the said smuggling operation of "Tramadol" pills (about one million fifty thousand), adding that the said pills were packed in a box and worth approximately USD 5 million and were intended to be smuggled to Syria.

Source Link:

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/67840/ISF-Drug-smuggling-opera…

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.

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ISF: Drug smuggling operation foiled in Beirut airport

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