Aoun inspects Beirut port and Traffic Management Authority

President Joseph Aoun on Friday inspected the Port of Beirut and met with acting Customs chief Raymond Khoury, the Presidency said.

Aoun visited the key facility to examine “the flow of work at the Customs department and at the port’s security posts,” the Presidency added.

He was accompanied by Public Works and Transportation Minister Fayez Rasamny.

Aoun had earlier in the day inspected the Traffic and Vehicles Management Authority in Dekwaneh, accompanied by Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar.

The president’s visit to the port comes days after a media report claimed that Hezbollah was using the facility to smuggle arms and cash.

MP Hassan Fadlallah of Hezbollah denied the report on Thursday as "lies."

Rasamny inspected the port on Wednesday and assured that "security at the Beirut Port is held with an iron fist."