A man allegedly carrying $2.5 million in cash destined for Hezbollah reportedly was detained at Beirut’s airport in what an expert is calling an "unprecedented" bust.
Lebanese officials say a traveler from Turkey was detained and $2.5 million in cash was confiscated at the Beirut airport.
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Lebanese authorities intercepted a significant cash transfer of $2.5 million on Friday from an individual arriving from Turkey, according to Lebanon’s finance ministry. Security sources revealed that the funds were intended for Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terrorist organization that has long destabilized the region and attacked Israel.
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Lebanon's Beirut airport authorities seized $2.5 million in cash destined for terrorist group Hezbollah concealed with a man arriving from Turkey, three sources said on Friday. One of the sources said it was first time such a seizure had been made. There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah.
A man allegedly carrying $2.5 million in cash destined for the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah reportedly was detained Friday at Beirut’s airport in a bust that an expert told Fox News ...
Lebanon seized $2.5 million in cash from a man arriving from Turkey, the finance ministry said on Friday, with three sources saying the money was destined for militant group Hezbollah