Smuggling of 12 Million Captagon Pills to Dubai Foiled at Beirut Port
Internal Security Forces at Beirut port thwarted on Thursday an attempt to smuggle millions of captagon pills to Dubai.
The pills were hidden among corn kernels in three containers that were stored at warehouse number six at the port, it added.
They were prepared to be shipped abroad and seized at the very last minute before being taken on board a ship heading towards the Arab Gulf.
NNA revealed that seven similar containers had already been shipped to the same destination and contacts will be made with the concerned Arab country in order to arrest those connected to the case.
Later on Thursday, the Lebanese Customs Administration announced that "more than 12 million pills" were seized, revealing that Dubai was the shipment's destination.
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