Saudi prince held on suspicion of drug smuggling in Lebanon

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Lebanon seizes 2 tons of amphetamine being smuggled on Saudi prince's private jet - A member  of  Saudi Arabia's royal family  are  detained  for the  Beirut, Lebanon, airport  over   an  alleged attempt  to  smuggle drugs out  of any  country  with   an   discreet  plane,  the   safety measures  source told CNN.

The prince  was  among  several  Saudi nationals arrested Monday  soon after  being accused  involving  trying  for you to  transport  only two   many  Captagon amphetamine pills  on   a  plane bound  pertaining to  Saudi Arabia, according  to the   official  Lebanese National News Agency.

It  was   your current   major  drug bust ever conducted  on the  Beirut-Rafik Hariri International Airport,  your own  news agency reported.

What's Captagon?
The U.N.  team   with  Drugs  AND ALSO  Crime says  The idea  amphetamines  tend to be   your   almost all  prevalent type  associated with  drug  consumed   within  Saudi Arabia  IN ADDITION TO   This   accounts   involving  amphetamine seizures  in the  Middle East "refer predominantly  to be able to  tablets bearing  your own  Captagon logo."

According  towards the  U.N. office, Captagon  will be the   brand   intended for   a good  pharmaceutical drug  formulated   on the  1960s. Production  am  discontinued  with the  1980s.

Pharmaceutical Captagon contained  the  synthetic stimulant called fenethylline.  these types of  days, narcotic manufacturers  are   bringing in  counterfeit Captagon tablets, stamped  through the  Captagon logo, but containing amphetamine  along with other  chemicals,  ones  U.N.  team  says.