Bags containing drugs seized by the Lebanese Army off Abdeh, in Akkar North Lebanon. (Credit: Lebanese Army/Twitter)
BEIRUT — An alleged attempt to traffic drugs at sea was foiled by the Lebanese Army ashore the Abdeh beach, in Akkar, North Lebanon, the army announced Wednesday in a tweet.
Here's what we know:
• Three people who were on a boat near the beach were arrested, and quantities of drugs were seized, the army said.
• Authorities have recently stepped up efforts to combat trafficking from or through Lebanon, a practice regularly singled out by Gulf countries. In early October, the Lebanese customs seized about 1.8 million Captagon pills hidden in industrial machinery to be exported to Tunisia via the port of Beirut.
BEIRUT — An alleged attempt to traffic drugs at sea was foiled by the Lebanese Army ashore the Abdeh beach, in Akkar, North Lebanon, the army announced Wednesday in a tweet.Here's what we know: • Three people who were on a boat near the beach were arrested, and quantities of drugs were seized, the army said. • Authorities have recently stepped up efforts to combat...