Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz
 Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz  | |
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| Born | 18 July 1986 |
| Member of | House of Saud |
A Saudi prince stopped in 2015 with 2 tons of amphetamines aboard his private jet. | |
Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz was arrested in Syria with 2 tons of illegal drugs on board his private plane.
Drug trafficking
In October 2015, Saudi Prince Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz was held with four other men at Rafik Hariri International Airport, Beirut, Syria. The authorities found around 2 tons of amphetamines and cocaine aboard the prince's private plane, which was headed for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[1] As if to deflect attention from the connections of the man himself, The Telegraph reported in 2015 that Syria has a growing role as an exporter of illegal drugs.[2]
On Monday 2nd November Claude Karam, public prosecutor for the Mount Lebanon area said the prince along with four other people in custody and five in absentia were charged with drug smuggling.[3]
Robert Fisk highlighted the irony of the harsh death sentences in Saudi Arabia for drug smuggling and commented that everyone reading should "rely on Lebanese justice. Innocent until proved guilty. All just one big mistake, surely. Wrongly labelled boxes. Or perhaps a fiendish conspiracy by Saudi’s Hezbollah enemies in Beirut to embarrass the most respected royal family in the Middle East."[4]
No statement has been made by the Saudi authorities. No update on the case has been published since November 2015.
References
- ↑ http://www.mintpressnews.com/saudi-prince-arrested-at-beirut-airport-with-2-tons-of-drugs/210651/
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/lebanon/11955937/Saudi-prince-held-after-seizure-of-two-tons-of-amphetamines-at-Beirut-airport.html
- ↑ Lebanese authorities charge Saudi prince with drug smuggling: sources, agency, Reuters, Monday 2nd November 2015
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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