Customs Seize Million Captagon Pills Hidden in Furniture

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Customs agents have managed to arrest the owner of a furniture factory and the members of a gang that was plotting to smuggle around a million Captagon pills to a Gulf country.

In a statement issued Thursday, the Lebanese Customs Administration said it had obtained information on Tuesday about “preparations to export quantities of narcotics to a country in the Arab Gulf after hiding them in pieces of furniture.”

“Following necessary contacts with the competent judicial authorities, a patrol from the Tripoli department and the Customs' anti-narcotics unit raided a furniture factory in the Jbeil region and seized over 950,000 pills of Captagon,” the statement added.

It said the drugs were “skilfully and professionally packed in a number of chairs.”

And after the factory owner was interrogated, “a patrol from the command of Tripoli's Customs dept. managed to arrest one of the gang's dangerous members following a chase,” the statement added.

It identified the detained man as Syrian national Sh. H.

On Tuesday, media reports had said that a large quantity of Captagon and drugs was seized at a wood factory in the Jbeil town of Hbaline.

Y.R.

Comments 4
Thumb ParvizAmir 02 October 2014, 19:54

The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns the manufacture and use of narcotics.

Thumb _mowaten_ 03 October 2014, 19:06

the troll brigade works 24/7 i see

Missing .karim-. 03 October 2014, 01:07

Tripoli, Arab Gulf, and drug smuggling.

Raise your hand if you're surprised.

Thumb EagleDawn 03 October 2014, 11:53

in Jbeil only shias, better luck next time sectarian