Lebanon arrests one of the most wanted drug dealers

Lebanon’s Internal security forces on Wednesday arrested in the Bekaa town of Britel one of the main heroin and cocaine dealers who is wanted on 387 arrest warrants. (more…)

Heroin addiction on the rise in Lebanon

There is a rising problem among Lebanon’s youth which many are trying to ignore.

Lebanon, which is known internationally for its long history of drug cultivation, now has a rising number of addicts overwhelming the country’s drug rehabilitation centers.

“There are an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 drug addicts in Lebanon, and around 75 percent of them are heroin addicts,” (more…)

Geagea: There is a campaign against LF from behind the border

Following the weekly meeting of the Lebanese Forces parliamentary bloc in Maarab, L F leader Samir Geagea admitted that “most Ouyoun Orghosh residents are LF supporters, including those detained over this case.”

He was responding to the media reports of March 8.

He said ” the allegations in the media reports are not based on any concrete evidence, ” adding that he is waiting for “the Judiciary to say its final word on the issue.” (more…)

Aoun: Drug trade is up, should be controlled

Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun briefed the media following his bloc’s weekly meeting on Tuesday

Drugs

He called for giving high importance to the issue of drug use in the country.

“Drug trade in Lebanon has increased, especially within the youth, and should be controlled, he said.” (more…)

Lebanon arrests a Saudi Prince at Beirut airport

The Lebanese Internal Security Forces have seized 16 grams of cocaine from a Saudi Prince at Rafik Hariri International Airport, As Safir daily reported Thursday.
The newspaper said that 51-year-old Y.B.A.A. was arrested on Tuesday before boarding an Air France flight to Paris. (more…)

Syria shuts down fake drug ring

A recent seizure of counterfeit drugs and the shutdown of the ring that provided them shows how Syria is stepping up its response to a problem that remains widespread in the Middle East.

Piled up in huge plastic bags, the haul netted millions of dollars worth of breast cancer, leukemia and other medicines, along with tens of thousands of anticoagulant pills that purported to treat heart attacks and other diseases. At least 65 people were detained; it couldn’t be learned if they were charged. A trial date hasn’t yet been set.
All were fakes with no medicinal value, copies of legitimate medicines made by Novartis AG, Sanofi-Aventis SA, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Roche Holding AG and Pfizer Inc.
The bust, which also seized equipment used to make and package fake drugs, stopped one ring’s lucrative trade of counterfeits to Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, Iran and Egypt, according to pharmaceutical-company managers and a Syrian official familiar with the investigation. Pfizer, Bristol-Myers, Novartis and Sanofi-Aventis confirmed the Syrian seizures. WSJ

8 arrested for drug possession in Lebanon

8 people , including 2 Iranians were arrested, at the Dahr al-Baidar security checkpoint for possession of drugs which they were moving from Bekaa to Beirut.
The suspects were arrested in 3 stages . The drugs confiscated included Cocaine , Opium, Hashish and Heroin. The detainees were turned over to the Office of Drug Control who will later refer them to the relevant court.

Police foils an attempt to smuggle cocaine at airport

Lebanon’s Judicial police have foiled an attempt to smuggle 3,700 grams of cocaine disguised as shampoo via Rafik Hariri Beirut International airport and arrested a drug dealer in Jbeil.

Bullshot: Snorting powder for an “instant energy boost” – Legal in Lebanon

The health ministry on Thursday cautioned that the Bullshot snuff powder is harmful to humans and warned against using the energy product or selling it. Fears rose in Lebanon that the “Bullshot” energy powder would encourage young people to take drugs. Health Minister Mohammed Jawad Khalife accused the importer of Bullshot of selling an unlicensed drug.

Khalife, in remarks published by daily As-Safir on Thursday denied that the importer of Bullshot has a license from the health ministry to sell the product in the market. The Bullshot importer company in Lebanon has claimed that the product was being legally sold in the Lebanese market.

Bullshot, made from Guarana powder, is the first and only energy product in the Middle East that is sniffed, the company website says. It “gives instant sensation of energy boost from the first sniff,” it said.

The “Bullshot Kit”, which includes a chromed sniffer, 9 grams of Bullshot powder filled in a plastic container, and metal filling device, are sold for $40 according to the company website. (Naharnet)

A Lebanese jailed in Jordan for smuggling drugs

A Jordanian military tribunal on Wednesday sentenced three people, including a 42-year-old Lebanese, to 15 years’ hard labor for smuggling 11 kilos of cocaine into the country.
“Two men, a Jordanian, 25, and a 42-year-old Lebanese, as well as a Brazilian woman, 27, brought 11 kilos of cocaine from Brazil to Jordan in order to take it to Lebanon,” a court official told AFP.
“They were arrested at Amman’s international airport in January last year.”