Tuesday, 3 Nov 2026 3 Dhu al-Qadah 2026 AH Beirut
📰 2 sources 3 articles · 2 Nov 2026, 20:52 → 2 hours ago

A 46.7 kg cocaine shipment at Beirut airport... Wiam Wahhab comments

Media reports covered the arrival of 46 kilograms and 700 grams of cocaine in Beirut via Rafik Hariri International Airport and asked how the shipment passed scanners. While reports spoke of a security operation foiling the largest cocaine smuggling operation in the airport's history, Arab Tawhid Party head Wiam Wahhab commented on the operation on X.

📍 Where things stand: Official details about the operation and its circumstances remain limited, with a political comment from Wiam Wahhab following the seizure of the shipment.

⏱️ Timeline

  1. 2 Nov 2026, 20:52 An MTV Lebanon report said 46 kilograms and 700 grams of cocaine arrived in Beirut, raising questions about how the shipment passed scanners and who was waiting for it.
  2. 2 Nov 2026, 21:42 Reports said a General Security operation at Rafik Hariri International Airport foiled the largest cocaine smuggling operation in the airport's history, with the reports linking the case to politics through the politician Wahhab.
  3. 3 Nov 2026, 01:13 Arab Tawhid Party head Wiam Wahhab commented on the General Security operation at Rafik Hariri International Airport that foiled the largest cocaine smuggling operation in the airport's history, writing on X that the operation should not provoke "practitioners of political cocaine" in Lebanon, in an apparent reference to possible political links to the smuggling case.
Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.
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After the Largest Smuggling Operation at the Airport... Wahhab Brings Cocaine into the Heart of Politics
Head of the Arab Tawhid Party Wiam Wahhab commented on the General Security operation at Rafic Hariri International Airport, which thwarted the largest cocaine smuggling operation …
📅 2026-11-02
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After the largest smuggling operation at the airport... Wahab transfers cocaine to the heart of politics
Reports indicated the largest smuggling operation at Beirut Airport, where cocaine was smuggled. It mentioned that politician Wahab transferred the cocaine to the heart of politics…
MTV Lebanon 20:52
Dozens of kilograms of cocaine... how did they evade the scanners?
An MTV Lebanon report covers the arrival of 46 kg and 700 g of cocaine in Beirut and asks how the shipment evaded scanners and who was waiting for it, with details in an attached v…