Customs authorities at Beirut's port have foiled an attempt to smuggle three tons of Captagon pills and hashish to Egypt, state-run National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

The drugs were “hidden in children's tables” destined for Egypt, NNA said.

Hani Matar, a Lebanese employee of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), was indicted on Tuesday on charges of collaborating with Israel, reported al-Jadeed television, citing Military Court documents.

It said that Military Examining Magistrate Judge Riyad Abou Ghida indicted him and two other people with working with Israel.

Former minister Jean Obeid broke his silence on the issue of the the presidential elections on Tuesday, noting that the country “deserves a consensual president.”

“I did not discuss this issue with the patriarch,” Obeid told MTV in Bkirki when asked if his chances to reach the presidency have surged.

A Hizbullah delegation paid a visit to Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Tuesday where it expressed its commitment to its ally Change and Reform bloc MP Michel Aoun in the presidential race.

Sayyed Ibrahim al-Amin al-Sayyed said after the talks: “We will not abandon our commitment to MP Michel Aoun at any political crossroads.”

A Syrian woman was arrested on charges of transferring funds to a terrorist group, announced the General Security on Tuesday.

The detainee confessed to providing financial and logistic support to the Abdullah Azzam Brigades through a member of the group.

Change and Reform bloc chief MP Michel Aoun has formed a small committee to follow up on the initiative that was launched by Mustaqbal Movement leader MP Saad Hariri to end the deadlock in the presidency and political scene in Lebanon, reported the Kuwaiti daily al-Anba on Tuesday.

It said that the cell is tasked with contacting members of the March 8 camp to address the proposal and “its consequences.”

Prime Minister Tammam Salam expressed concern over the performance of his government during 2015, saying that it has “not achieved much”, reported the daily An Nahar on Tuesday.

He told the daily: “I am not at ease because my cabinet is under-performing.”

General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim defended the exchange that took place on Monday between the Syrian regime and rebels that saw the transfer of gunmen through Lebanese territory from the Zabadani area, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Tuesday.

He told the daily: “Lebanon played a humanitarian, social, and civil role in the operation.”

The army is committed to arresting all wanted suspects in the eastern Bekaa region of Baalbek as part of the raids it carried out on Monday, reported As Safir newspaper on Tuesday.

A security source told the daily: “The military will go ahead with its mission to the end in the Sharawna neighborhood and Dar al-Wasaa area.”

The Kataeb Party on Monday wondered if the Lebanese government was aware of a U.N.-sponsored deal that involved the evacuation of Syrian rebels and wounded to Turkey via Lebanon.

“The party calls on the Lebanese government and premier to put the public opinion in the picture of the latest security and political developments,” it said in a statement.