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Saudi Prince Caught With 2 Tons Of ISIS’s Favourite Drugs In Lebanon

A Saudi prince and four others were detained on Monday in Lebanon in the largest drug bust in the history of the Beirut airport: 2 tons of Captagon pills and some cocaine

 

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Saudi prince Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz and four others were detained by airport security while allegedly “attempting to smuggle about two tons of Captagon pills and some cocaine, ” a security source told AFP. “The smuggling operation is the largest one that has been foiled through the Beirut International Airport, ” the source said on condition of anonymity.

What is Captagon?

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Captagon is the brand name for the amphetamine phenethylline, a synthetic stimulant. The security source said the drugs had been packed into cases that were waiting to be loaded onto a private plane that was headed to Saudi Arabia. The five Saudi citizens were still in the airport and would be questioned by Lebanon’s customs authority, the source added.

Read the full story at India Times

 

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