Last year, Saudi Arabia suspended fruit and vegetable imports from Lebanon after more than five million Captagon pills concealed in fruit were confiscated. EPA
Lebanon's Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi, left, at a press conference in Beirut that revealed an attempt had been foiled to smuggle a large quantity of Captagon pills in a shipment of tea. AFP
Lebanese police swooped and seized the boxes of tea containing amphetamines after the smugglers sailed from Beirut’s port. AP
A member from Internal Security Forces displays confiscated amphetamine Captagon pills which were hidden in 434 tea boxes mixed with seven tons of tea for export, at the headquarters of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) in Beirut, Lebanon, 25 January 2022. Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said Lebanese police thwarted the attempt to smuggle large amounts of Captagon, which were hidden in 434 tea boxes that were on their way from Lebanon to the African nation of Togo to be sent from there to a Persian Gulf nation. EPA / WAEL HAMZEH
The amphetamines were hidden in 434 boxes mixed with seven tons of tea for export. AP
Mr Mawlawi said the drugs were being sent to Togo in Africa, to then be shipped to the Gulf. AFP
Some of the tea mixed with Captagon pills. Previous consignments have been hidden in fake oranges and lemons, car tyres and even live sheep. AFP
Last year, Saudi Arabia suspended fruit and vegetable imports from Lebanon after more than five million Captagon pills concealed in fruit were confiscated. EPA
Lebanon's Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi, left, at a press conference in Beirut that revealed an attempt had been foiled to smuggle a large quantity of Captagon pills in a shipment of tea. AFP
Lebanese police swooped and seized the boxes of tea containing amphetamines after the smugglers sailed from Beirut’s port. AP
A member from Internal Security Forces displays confiscated amphetamine Captagon pills which were hidden in 434 tea boxes mixed with seven tons of tea for export, at the headquarters of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) in Beirut, Lebanon, 25 January 2022. Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said Lebanese police thwarted the attempt to smuggle large amounts of Captagon, which were hidden in 434 tea boxes that were on their way from Lebanon to the African nation of Togo to be sent from there to a Persian Gulf nation. EPA / WAEL HAMZEH
The amphetamines were hidden in 434 boxes mixed with seven tons of tea for export. AP
Mr Mawlawi said the drugs were being sent to Togo in Africa, to then be shipped to the Gulf. AFP
Some of the tea mixed with Captagon pills. Previous consignments have been hidden in fake oranges and lemons, car tyres and even live sheep. AFP
Last year, Saudi Arabia suspended fruit and vegetable imports from Lebanon after more than five million Captagon pills concealed in fruit were confiscated. EPA