BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities at Rafik Hariri International Airport foiled Monday an attempt to smuggle drugs to Cairo, Egypt.
Security sources told The Daily Star that Ahmad Mohammad Abu al-Majd, an Egyptian, was caught by customs officers as he tried to smuggle 1,450 narcotic pills in his luggage.
The pills, hidden in glass containers, were the equivalent of 2 kilograms of drugs, the sources said.
They said Majd, 23, was referred to the Mount Lebanon Drug Control Office for further interrogation.
In October, a similar attempt to smuggle 9 kilograms of narcotic pills to the United Arab Emirates was thwarted.
Last week, the Lebanese Army also arrested a man in north Lebanon while trying to smuggle 200,000 narcotic pills to the Gulf by land.