Conflict Incident Report

Seizure of 5 kg of cocaine in Beirut Airport

Date of incident:

June 3, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Beirut Airport Security (BAS)

On 03 June 15, Ministry of Finance announced that the Rafic Hariri International Airport Customs seized cocaine; weighing five kilograms were hidden in a suitcase with a double bottom for a traveler coming from the State of Georgia through transit via Turkey and from there to Lebanon. The traveller was then detained by Airport security.
http://www.lebanondebate.com/details.aspx?id=206495

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.

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Conflict Incident Report

Seizure of 5 kg of cocaine in Beirut Airport