The General Investigations Department of the Benghazi Security Directorate arrested a drug dealer, who was in possession of 180 hallucinogenic pills.
According to the Directorate’s statement, this came after information was received about a dealer in the Sidi Younes area.
The Directorate clarified that they arrested the man, red-handed. He was reportedly “in an abnormal state as a result of his use of hallucinogenic pills.”
According to the investigations, He was born in 1981, and confessed to trading and using hallucinogenic pills. All legal measures were taken against him, and he was referred to the Public Prosecution Office, which ordered his placement in the Correction and Rehabilitation Institution.
Last month, a large shipment of narcotic pills was seized at the Benghazi seaport. The smugglers attempted to conceal them inside imported cars, on a ship arriving from France, according to the media division of the Libyan National Army (LNA).
The division stated that during the periodic procedures for inspection and follow-up at the seaport, “more than 10 million hallucinogenic pills that were stored in imported cars, on a cargo ship coming from France, were found.”
Earlier in the same month, members of the Libyan Security Directorate Support Agency managed to arrest a drug dealer in Tripoli. He was in possession of an estimated 1,500 narcotic pills, and 2 kilograms of hashish.
In a statement, the agency said that the arrest took place after an elaborate ambush was prepared. This was based on information received from the Anti-Narcotics Agency, about the location and movements of the suspect.
It confirmed that the drug dealer was handed over to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Agency, to complete the necessary legal procedures.
In February, Libya’s Interior Ministry announced that members of the deterrence apparatus arrested an organised gang, that was planning to manufacture and trade drugs internationally.
In a statement, the Ministry said that “a machine used to manufacture narcotic pills at a very high density was seized after arriving in the country, through a seaport coming from Europe.”
