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Lebanese customs foils second cocaine smuggling through Beirut airport
Date of incident:
May 13, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Customs
The Directorate General of Customs issued a statement saying that it thwarted a second attempt to smuggle a quantity of cocaine through Rafiq Hariri International Beirut Airport.
The Customs Anti-Drug Division and the Central Anti-Drugs Office of the Internal Security Forces jointly succeeded in seizing a total number of 10.8 Kg of cocaine hidden in black envelopes inside a luggage coming aboard Turkish Airlines from Venezuela to Beirut via Istanbul airport.
The Central Anti-Drug Office of the Internal Security Forces launched an investigation into the incident.
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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