The media office of the Minister of Interior and Municipalities in the caretaker government, Judge Bassam Mawlawi, issued the following:
The security forces prove once again that they are on the lookout for all attempts to smuggle drugs and contraband. Today, in a qualitative operation, they managed to thwart an attempt to smuggle 18.3 kilograms of Captagon pills into the State of Kuwait, through Rafic Hariri International Airport.
Mawlawi points out that during the initial investigations, it was found that the arrested Saudi national is residing in Kuwait and in possession of Kuwaiti security papers.
In light of this, Mawlawi contacted the competent Kuwaiti authorities in the context of coordinating and continuing the necessary investigations, which denies what some are circulating that the arrested person is a Saudi security man.
Minister Mawlawi affirms that work is continuing to protect our Arab societies from all kinds of harm, stressing that Lebanon will not be a corridor or platform for the export of evil or smuggling.
In the morning, the Internal Security Forces at Rafic Hariri International Airport managed to arrest a person of Arab nationality, who was trying to smuggle a large quantity of Captagon pills to an Arab country.
An indication that the security and military services at the airport continue to play their role intensively to detect individuals and networks that attempt to smuggle or enter drugs and other contraband.
3 people were arrested in Adonis: Subsequently, LBCI information indicated that three Arab nationals were arrested in the Adonis area, a Jordanian girl and a girl and her brother of Iraqi nationality, on the grounds that they were suspected of arresting the Saudi and seized 18.3 kilograms of Captagon pills in his possession at the airport.
The information also revealed that the Saudi detainee, during his interrogation, denied his knowledge of the presence of Captagon pills in his bag.