Lebanon Cracks Down on Drug Rings Feeding Kuwait Market

25/04/2026

KUWAIT CITY, April 25: Lebanese authorities successfully dismantled two organized drug trafficking networks operating across the border and targeting Kuwait, in a security operation resulting from intelligence cooperation with Kuwaiti authorities. Lebanese Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar said, “Lebanon will never allow itself to be a platform for exporting any kind of harm to our Arab brothers, or a launching pad for any activity that threatens their security and stability. This operation constitutes a clear message that the Lebanese state is working resolutely to protect Lebanese society from this dangerous scourge. It will not tolerate any party that seeks to harm Lebanon’s relations with its Arab neighbors.”

The Lebanese Internal Security Forces Directorate General explained that investigations began after the arrest of a man for drug use and public disorder. It was revealed that he was the mastermind behind a transnational drug trafficking ring operating within Kuwait. He used the alias “The Devil” to manage the network from within Lebanon via electronic applications, with the assistance of several dealers of various nationalities residing in Kuwait. Security forces were able to identify members of the network and arrest several of them, including those involved in receiving money transfers generated from drug trafficking. The network supplied approximately 200 drug users in Kuwait.

As a result of intelligence cooperation with the Criminal Security Bureau at Kuwait’s Embassy in Lebanon, investigations conducted by the Central Drug Enforcement Bureau revealed another cross-border network operating in the same manner. This network is headed by a person nicknamed “Abu Hussein,” whose identity has been established. He is of Palestinian nationality and heads a network that distributes drugs to approximately 1,500 people within Kuwait, operating from Lebanon in collaboration with accomplices in Kuwait. Coordination is underway with the Kuwaiti authorities to apprehend all those involved.