Asphalt Roller Filled with Cannabis Seized

A patrol from the anti-narcotics bureau of the Internal Security Forces in the North stopped a bid to smuggle one ton of cannabis hidden in an asphalt roller, the ISF said in a statement on Friday.

“Anti-narcotics bureau obtained information about a senior drug trafficker's bid to smuggle a heavy machine, which could contain narcotic substances, outside the Lebanese borders through the Wadi Khaled area,” said the statement.

They managed to track the route of the roller which was loaded on a truck. It was confiscated and the driver was arrested.

It has been found that the vehicle was loaded with more than a ton of cannabis, valued at about two million dollars.

Investigations were kicked into the incident and efforts continue to arrest the culprits.