Airport Customs Foil the Importation of 70,000 Smuggled Cigars
Official at the Rafik Hariri International Airport's customs foiled on Wednesday an attempt to import a huge quantity of smuggled cigars into Lebanon.
"72325 cigars imported from the Dominican Republic were seized in the shipping department at Beirut's International Airport,” the state-run National News Agency reported.
"They were placed in several boxes and wrapped in nylon.”
The NNA explained that the smugglers used fake names in the bill of lading, and they claimed that the boxes contained personal luggage that belong to a woman residing in the southern Beirut suburb of Hadath.
The bill of lading also had a fake phone number.
The NNA noted: “The smuggled goods were seized and handed over to the Tobacco and Tambac Regie.”
“Concerned authorities have launched an investigation to identify and pursue the smugglers.”
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