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- Forces seize ‘huge quantity’ of narcotics from the manufacturing facility in the town of Yammoune in the Baalbek region
- 10 tonnes of equipment used by the lab destroyed or dismantled; 300m entrance tunnel and storage area filled in
BEIRUT: The Lebanese army has dismantled what it described as one of the largest captagon pill-manufacturing labs discovered to date in Yammoune in the Baalbek region of eastern Lebanon. Army chiefs said on Monday that forces raided the facility 24 hours earlier.
“After the Intelligence Directorate obtained information about a major captagon pill lab in the town of Yammoune, a patrol from the directorate, supported by a unit from the army, carried out a raid on the lab,” it said.
“The personnel dismantled the equipment and machinery used, weighing about 10 tonnes, and destroyed part of it.”
The patrol also “seized a huge quantity of captagon pills, crystal meth, and various other narcotic substances.”
Army chiefs added: “The lab contained a tunnel used for entry and exit, and army personnel brought in a bulldozer and filled in the tunnel, which was approximately 300 meters long.” The tunnel was “also used to store part of the lab’s equipment.”
The statement did not reveal who was operating the lab or whether anyone was arrested during the raid.
“The seized materials are now in the custody of the security agencies,” it said. “An investigation has begun under the supervision of the competent judiciary, and efforts are ongoing to arrest those involved.”