Mexicans Held for Robbing Syrians of $159K as Captagon Smuggling Foiled
Two Mexicans have been arrested at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport after they stole $159,000 from the car of two Syrians in the Karantina area, the Internal Security Forces announced on Friday.
It said the two Syrians filed a theft report Thursday with the al-Nahr police station.
“Following intensive investigations, two individuals who were in the area when the robbery occurred were suspected of being involved in the operation,” the ISF said.
“In coordination with the al-Nahr police station and the ISF Intelligence Bureau, the Judicial Police department at RHIA managed to arrest them,” it added.
The ISF identified the two men as two Mexicans – 43-year-old E. M. and 36-year-old H. O.
“$155,000 was seized in their possession and they were referred to the al-Nahr police station for further investigations under the supervision of the relevant judicial authorities,” the ISF added.
In a separate operation, a 39-year-old Syrian man was arrested Thursday at the airport for trying to smuggle 22,100 Captagon pills to an Arab country.
The ISF said the narcotic pills were hidden in sweets boxes inside a handbag.
On Saturday, the ISF seized more than 35 kilograms of Captagon at the airport. Two Syrian travelers were trying to smuggle them to an Arab Gulf country, the ISF said.
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23 October 2015, 18:34
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mustahbalis are ready to swear on saad's head that those mexicans are part of the saraya
23 October 2015, 18:44
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@mowaten E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T. Still laughing since the day you declared with a straight face you were a shiaa atheist and also a member of hezbollah with only one account. I think i will also continue to laugh at your statement "mustahbalis are ready to swear on saad's head that those mexicans are part of the saraya". Thank you Thank you
23 October 2015, 18:45
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I demand to know who pays you to post mowaten and for what exact purpose? Is it propaganda? Is it spamming? Is it what? I find you on every article from sunrise till sunset! I demand answers and Now!
24 October 2015, 05:38
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Rita; he is a paid sectarian who has no life and a wanna be comedian/clown.
23 October 2015, 18:52
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do you have a life other than trolling on naharnet mr. mowaten?
23 October 2015, 18:53
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which country are you a mowaten of.... Certainly not Lebanon!
23 October 2015, 19:02
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seriously mowaten, you need to get a life. What you are doing is very unhealthy. Are you so bored that you have to write anything... I mean anything that is so lame and unrelated to the article? I feel sorry for you. You must have such a sad life...(
