Lebanese authorities detained five Saudi citizens at Beirut international airport on Monday after finding two tonnes of drugs aboard a private jet bound for the Gulf kingdom, security sources and the National News Agency said.
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Government arrests five, seizes 2 tonnes of drugs aboard Saudi-bound jet
The plane, scheduled to fly to Hael in northern Saudi Arabia, was carrying 40 bags of Captagon amphetamine pills. Security services were questioning the suspects, the sources said, without elaborating.
Lebanon arrests five, seizes 2 tonnes of drugs aboard Saudi-bound jet
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The plane, scheduled to fly to Hael in northern Saudi Arabia, was carrying 40 bags of Captagon amphetamine pills. Security services were questioning the suspects, the sources said, without elaborating.
Lebanon's National News Agency described it as the biggest smuggling operation ever discovered at the Beirut airport .
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