One Of The Biggest Heroin Dealers In Lebanon Was Just Caught
Lebanon's security forces have arrested a man regarded as one of the biggest heroin dealers in the country.
Recently, the Judicial Police Unit received a tip about the transport of ready-to-sell narcotic substances between Beqaa and Mount Lebanon and accordingly launched tracking and surveillance operations, the Internal Security Forces (ISF) said in a statement on Tuesday.
These operations lasted weeks and eventually led, on May 31, to the arrest of "H.B." (Lebanese, 30 years old), on Beirut 's Airport Road, by a judicial police force.
According to the ISF , H.B. is among the biggest suppliers of heroin in the Mount Lebanon region.
Security forces searched the suspect and his house, and found the following:
419 sachets containing 590 grams of heroin
10 sachets containing 10 grams of crystal meth
6 sachets of salvia and a large bag containing the same substance, weighing 23 grams
4 bags containing 24 grams of cannabis
3 sachets containing 1 gram of crack cocaine
16 Rivotril pills
ISF
A handgun with a magazine, in addition to a hand grenade, a mobile phone, 2,568,000 Lebanese pounds, and a motorcycle were also seized from H.B., and an investigation into the case has been launched under the supervision of the competent judicial authority.
Just a day earlier, on Monday, the ISF announced the arrest of another dangerous criminal, nicknamed "The Ghost."