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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Arab Coalition Seizes Drug Shipment, Facilitated by Hezbollah, to Houthis

A general view of Aden., Yemen. (Reuters)

The Saudi-led Arab coalition announced Tuesday that it had thwarted a drug smuggling operation from Brazil to Yemen’s Aden port.

The shipment, which was headed to the Iran-backed Houthi militias, was concealed inside a container carrying a cargo of sugar.

The confiscated drugs amounted to half a ton of cocaine and heroin.

The delivery of the shipment was facilitated by the terrorist Iran-aligned Hezbollah party.

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