BEIRUT: Noah Zeaiter, believed to be a leading figure in drug trafficking from Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, including the global distribution of captagon, was arrested on Thursday, the Lebanese army said. Describing him as “one of the most dangerous wanted men” in the country, the army command said he was captured during an ambush along a road between Kneisseh and Baalbek. Lebanese authorities have been after Zeaiter for years. In 2014, he escaped from a hospital to which he was taken after sustaining leg wounds during a confrontation with security forces.

Lebanon's most wanted drug trafficker, Noah Zeiter, captured during a raid near Baalbeck after years on the run.

BEIRUT: Noah Zeaiter, believed to be a leading figure in drug trafficking from Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, including the global distribution of captagon, was arrested on Thursday, the…

The Lebanese Army has arrested Noah Zaaiter, the country's most notorious drug lord, for operating a multibillion dollar cross-border drug industry .

Noah Zaitar allegedly ran a drug empire, producing and exporting narcotics, including the synthetic stimulant captagon.