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A shipment of fake oranges hid millions of Captagon pills were intercepted by Lebanese authorities at the port of Beirut on Wednesday

Lebanese authorities have intercepted millions of pills of the recreational drug captagon hidden inside fake oranges in a real fruit shipment.

Lebanese authorities have intercepted millions of pills of the recreational drug captagon hidden inside fake oranges in a real fruit shipment.

A shipment of fake oranges hiding millions of Captagon pills has been intercepted by authorities, Lebanese Minister of the Interior Bassam Mawlawi said on Wednesday, in the latest regional seizure of the stimulant drug. Customs officers seized “nearly 9 million Captagon tablets” at the Port of Beirut, Mawlawi told a news conference, adding that the cargo was heading for a Persian Gulf country. Captagon is an amphetamine-type stimulant manufactured mostly in Lebanon and Syria. Much of it is bound for illegal recreational use in Saudi Arabia. A customs officer confirmed that the seized cargo...

BEIRUT: A shipment of fake oranges hid millions of Captagon pills intercepted by Lebanese authorities, the interior minister said Wednesday, in the latest regional seizure of the stimulant drug. Customs officers seized “nearly nine million Captagon tablets” at Beirut’s port, Bassam Mawlawi said at a press conference, noting that the cargo was heading for a Gulf country.