Lebanon says busts int’l drug network, seizes hashish, Captagon

Lebanon says busts int’l drug network, seizes hashish, Captagon

Lebanese Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar said Monday that authorities dismantled a network that was preparing to smuggle hashish and the illicit stimulant Captagon to Saudi Arabia. Lebanon has faced pressure from Gulf states to counter the production and trafficking of drugs, particularly the amphetamine-like narcotic Captagon, for which the conservative monarchies are a major market. Hajjar said authorities dismantled the network, which mainl…