Beirut Airport Police Thwart Attempt to Smuggle 9 Kg of Drugs to UAE

Beirut airport police arrested a 25-year-old drug smuggler after seizing 9 kilograms of narcotic pills from his bag, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

NNA said that the police searched his bag when suspicion fell on the man. They found the drugs packed in nylon bags in a false bottom.

He was trying to smuggle the drugs to the United Arab Emirates.

Upon the request of Mount Lebanon’s general prosecutor, the suspect was transferred to the drug control office for further questioning, NNA said.