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Conflict Incident Report

Saudi-bound Captagon shipment seized at north Lebanon port

Date of incident: 
November 5, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons

On 05 Nov 16, Customs officers in the north Lebanon coastal city of Tripoli seized a Syrian truck loaded with Captagon pills bound for Saudi Arabia via Jordan.

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.