Drug Smuggling Foiled at Beirut Airport
The customs at Rafik Hariri International Airport thwarted an attempt to smuggle 14 kilograms of cocaine to Lebanon, the state-run National News Agency reported on Tuesday.
NNA said that customs agents found the drugs with a 22-year-old Brazilian passenger who arrived to Beirut at dawn via Abu Dhabi.
The cocaine was stashed in eight big shampoo bottles placed in his suitcase with his personal belongings, the agency said.
The suspect was arrested and referred to the Central Anti-Drug office in Beirut for further investigation, it added.
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