The Narcotics Control Commission says the Syrian national arrested at Beirut airport on Saturday was caught in a controlled delivery run with Lebanese authorities. It is now working to arrest the people who helped him in Ghana.

Published 1 Nov 2026, 19:09 GMT

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Beirut Airport Seizes 46.7kg Cocaine on Flight From Accra, Ghana

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) is working to identify and arrest people in Ghana who helped a Syrian national caught at Beirut airport with cocaine he flew in from Accra.

The man was arrested on Saturday, October 31, at Rafic Hariri International Airport with about 40 kilograms of suspected cocaine in two pieces of luggage, NACOC said in a statement on Sunday.

NACOC said the arrest "followed a controlled delivery operation" run with Lebanese drug law enforcement authorities.

In a controlled delivery, investigators let a shipment they have already detected travel on under watch, so they can identify the people sending and receiving it.

The statement, signed by Francis Opoku Amoah, NACOC's Acting Director of Public Affairs and International Relations, said the operation aimed to identify suspects at "both ends of the supply chain" and gather intelligence on the wider network.

It did not say whether anyone had been arrested in Ghana.

In Beirut, Customs identified the Syrian only by his initials, B.H. He arrived on Middle East Airlines flight MEA 576.

Customs said the cocaine was wrapped in packaging and insulation designed to defeat scanners, and that electronic tracking devices were found inside the packages.

Preliminary investigations showed he had entered Lebanon through the Masnaa crossing on the Syrian border several weeks earlier, then flew to Accra and returned with the drugs, Customs said.

Lebanese investigators are now trying to identify who was meant to receive the shipment.

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NACOC Hunts Ghanaians Who Helped Syrian Man Caught in Beirut with Cocaine from Accra

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