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One million Captagon tablets seized at airport
Date of incident:
July 18, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Customs
Customs officials at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport foiled a smuggling operation of Captagon pills bound for Oman. Chief of Customs Brig. Gen. Assad al-Tufayli and General Director of Customs Badri Daher personally oversaw the seizure of over 1 million tablets from four large trucks. This is one of many regular seizures of smuggled Captagon pills, as production and smuggling of the drug in Lebanon has increased since the start of the neighboring Syrian conflict.
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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