30,000 Captagon Pills Seized at RHIA
Security forces foiled on Wednesday an attempt to smuggle 30,000 captagon pills via Rafik Hariri International Airport.
"After a thorough investigation, airport security at the Beirut Airport were able to foil an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of captagon pills,” the Internal Security Forces General-Directorate said in a released statement, noting that they were bound for an Arab country.
"The 30,000 captagon pills' weight is estimated at 5,475 kilograms,” it added.
The ISF's statement revealed that the pills were placed inside holes that were carved on clothes hangers for this purpose.
"The hangers were in the luggage bag of a Syrian national, identified as M.M. (born 1958).”
The man confessed to planning a smuggling operation and was referred with the seized pills to the anti-drug bureau for further investigation, according to the same source.
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