The Ajdabiya Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Branch seized a 500-kilogram (kg) shipment of narcotics heading from Sabha to Tobruk.
The branch stated that in the early hours of Saturday morning, the patrols of the Anti-Narcotics Bureau in the eastern region seized the quantity in a transport truck. This is the third within a month.
The Ajdabiya Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Control Branch indicated, through its Facebook account, that the total seizures are estimated at 20,200 kg.
The Anti-Narcotics Branch emphasized that these confiscations were not by chance, but rather an integrated coordination effort between drug control branches and offices.
Notably, in May Niger police seized a record 17 tonnes of cannabis resin worth around $37 million in a shipment originating in Lebanon and bound for Libya, the spokesman for the West African nation’s anti-drugs trafficking agency said on Friday.
The drugs passed through the Togolese port of Lome before being transported by truck North to the Nigerien capital Niamey, over 1,000 km (621 miles) and two border crossings away, said spokesman Adili Toro.