BEIRUT: Two Lebanese men were arrested near the coastal city of Jounieh Thursday for possession of cocaine and narcotic pills, a security source said.
The source, speaking to The Daily Star on condition of anonymity, said the two men, identified only by their initials A.M. and H.A., were arrested on the Jounieh-Safra coastal road at 6:00 a.m.
Six grams of cocaine and 170 narcotic pills were confiscated from the car the two men had rented out.
A probe was launched to determine whether the two work for a drug trafficking ring.