Captagon Bound for Gulf State Seized at Beirut Port

An attempt to smuggle a large quantity of Captagon pills was thwarted on Monday by authorities at the Beirut Port, state-run National News Agency reported.

“This afternoon, the Judicial Police's Central Anti-Drug Bureau foiled a bid to smuggle a large quantity of the Captagon narcotic pills, estimated to be in the millions, which were packed in a professional manner inside huge air-conditioning machines,” NNA said.

The narcotics were supposed to be smuggled via the Beirut Port to a Gulf state, the agency added, noting that several people were arrested in connection with the botched attempt.

On March 12, security forces seized more than one million Captagon pills in a valley in the Bekaa region, reportedly worth millions of U.S. dollars.