Afghanistan, Nov. 21 -- Lebanon's army has arrested notorious drug trafficker Nouh Zaiter in a major eastern operation, dealing a rare blow to the country's entrenched criminal networks.
Lebanon's army on Thursday arrested Nouh Zaiter, one of the country's most infamous drug traffickers, in a security operation in eastern Lebanon, officials said. Zaiter, who has been sanctioned by both the United States and the European Union, had evaded authorities for years.
The army said in a statement that it had detained a man identified only by the initials "N.Z.," in line with Lebanese legal practice, but security officials confirmed to local media that the individual is Nouh Zaiter. He is accused of running a vast cross-border narcotics empire and...