
A Saudi policeman in front of bags of Captagon seized in a shipment of pomegranates from Lebanon, in April 2021. (Twitter/Saudi Press Agency)
Pomegranates stuffed with pills, dummy corporations, false certificates: How did Lebanon become a hub for trafficking Captagon? Do the authorities have the means to fight it? Does this export product also wreak havoc among Lebanese youth? And why do some local barons still escape justice? L’Orient-Le Jour digs past the headlines on Captagon through this four-article series.
OLJ / By Albin Szakola, 17 November 2022 13:20
A Saudi policeman in front of bags of Captagon seized in a shipment of pomegranates from Lebanon, in April 2021. (Twitter/Saudi Press Agency)