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    Enormous Drug Shipment Coming From Lebanon Caught In Egypt
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    Enormous ‘Made In Lebanon’ Drug Shipment Caught In Egypt

    By Hussein YassineJanuary 6, 2021Updated:February 21, 2021
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    Lebanon was revealed to be the origin of a massive drug shipment, involving tons of cannabis and millions of fenethylline hydrochloride (Captagon) pills, recently busted in Egypt.

    The drugs were found in a shipment that recently reached Egypt’s Port Said, which was only supposed to be a transit point in its path toward Khoms, Libya, the intended final destination.

    The container wherein the 8.225 tons of cannabis and over 8 million Captagon pills were discovered was loaded on December 19th, 2020, in a warehouse belonging to the exporting company in Lebanon, before being sent to the Port of Beirut.

    A photo showing some of the drugs caught by the Egyptian authorities last week.
    Egyptian Interior Ministry

    Curiously, the container faced no trouble passing through local customs inspection, and departed smoothly from Beirut on January 2nd, reaching Egypt the next day.

    With that said, what’s particularly strange is the fact that the drugs were packed in plastic bags, not all of which were well-hidden inside the container, a security official told Nidaa Al-Watan.

    The official said the drugs were likely manufactured in Syria and smuggled through illegal land routes toward the warehouse of the plastic fabrication company, which in turn packed the narcotic substances into boxes of its own, bearing the signature, “Made in Lebanon.”

    The street value of the drugs was estimated to be nearly $39 million.

    “The shipment then left [Beirut Port] illegally, through a bribe or something similar, toward Libya through Port Said.”

    The street value of the busted drugs was estimated by the Egyptian Interior Ministry to be close to $39 million.

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