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Police Seize Cocaine from Car North of Beirut, Suspects Escape

Security forces seized cocaine from a vehicle whose three occupants escaped following a police chase in the Sabtiyeh-Jdeideh area, north of Beirut, the National News Agency reported Saturday.

NNA said the black BMW X5’s driver, Hassan Zoaiter, and another man and a woman ran to an unknown location after they hit four vehicles during a chase by a patrol from the Internal Security Forces anti-drug unit.

While the three suspects escaped, security forces found 100 grams of cocaine in the car, the agency said.

Police launched a manhunt to arrest the two men and the woman, it added.


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