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According to sources quoted by al-Hadath, $7 million were recently seized at Beirut International Airport, noting that "the smuggled funds were discovered in suitcases aboard a flight arriving from an African country to Lebanon."
According to the same sources, "the owners of the bags containing the illicit money are from a town in southern Lebanon."
The Financial Crimes Bureau has been assigned to investigate the matter.
The seized amount was placed in a secure vault at the central bank. Authorities are pursuing investigations to verify the origin of the funds.
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