Posted on 12/30/2021 2:55:42 PM PST by BenLurkin
The seizure comes as the cash-strapped country tries to resolve an ongoing diplomatic rift with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait.
Saudi Arabia last April announced an indefinite ban on Lebanese agricultural products after officials said they had thwarted an attempt to smuggle 5.3 million Captagon pills hidden in a shipment of pomegranates at Jeddah port.
Captagon is manufactured in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, and is often exported to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries.
The Saudi authorities have since announced the seizure of several shipments containing millions of Captagon pills from Lebanon and Syria.
(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...
Holy hoppin Haji!
Drugs worked for the Moros.
till 1911
:)
You’d think they would have learned how to make meth.
That’s just enough to keep Brandon awake until 7pm.
Interesting!
bkmk
First glance at the title I read it as, “LeBron seizes 9 million amphetamine pills headed for Gulf”.
If I’d been at Stalingrad I’d have cooked meth too.
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