Lebanese policemen stand guard as they burn ton of cannabis in Deir al-Ahmar in the Bekaa region of eastern Lebanon on Oct. 27, 2008. AFP - Getty Images fileFrom MSNBC:
Israeli police believe the trade is controlled in large part by Hezbollah.
ALONG THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER, Israel - Filmed with a night-vision camera just before Israeli narcotics officers pounced from nearby bushes, the video shows a Lebanese courier lobbing half-kilo packages of heroin over the border fence into Israel and an Israeli courier throwing back packages of $100 bills.
Israeli soldiers and Hezbollah guerrillas have been battling for years along this frontier. But a quieter war goes on here every night, one between Inspector Gal Ben Ish's narcotics teams and the smugglers who have turned this jumpy border into the main conduit for heroin bound for Israeli drug markets.
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Update: Lebanon's drug mafia blamed in death of 4 soldiers -- LA Times
My Comment: Poppy fields and growing marijuana has been a part of Lebanese culture and history for centuries. The difference now is that Hezbollah recognizes that these drugs are a strategic asset for them in their war against Israel. My only surprise is that they have not expanded this drug/narcotics industry into becoming a major player on the world's drug scene.
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