NNA - Caretaker Interior and Municipalities Minister, Judge Bassam Mawlawi's press office stressed, in an issued statement this afternoon, that "the security forces proved, once again, that they are on the lookout for all attempts to smuggle drugs and contraband, as they managed today, in a qualitative operation, to thwart an attempt to smuggle 18.3 kilograms of Captagon pills to the State of Kuwait, through Rafic Hariri International Airport."

"Minister Mawlawi disclosed that during the initial investigations, it was found that the arrested Saudi national is residing in Kuwait and possesses Kuwaiti security papers. In light of this, the Interior Minister contacted the concerned Kuwaiti authorities within the framework of coordinating and continuing the necessary investigations," the statement added, denying circulated news of the arrestee being a Saudi security personnel. 

"Minister Mawlawi affirms that efforts are ongoing to protect our Arab societies from all kinds of harm, while stressing that Lebanon will not be a corridor or platform for the export of evil or smuggling," the statement concluded.
 

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