BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Lebanese Army has arrested Noah Zaaiter, the country's most notorious and wanted drug lord -- after years fleeing from justice -- for operating a vast multibillion dollar cross-border drug industry and weapons trafficking network and forming gangs involved in armed theft and kidnapping.
The Army announced the arrest in a statement, without disclosing the detainee's name and referring to him only by his initials, "N.Z."
The statement described him as "one of the most dangerous wanted individuals," with numerous arrest warrants issued for crimes including "forming gangs active across Lebanon, trafficking drugs and weapons, producing narcotics and committing armed robbery and theft."
The 48-year-old Zaaiter also is wanted for shooting at army personnel and positions, as well as kidnapping people for ransom. He was apprehended in an ambush in eastern Lebanon.
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