The Lebanese Regie for Tobacco intensified its efforts to combat smuggling, seizing considerable quantities of smuggled cigarettes, counterfeit mu’assal, smuggled Persian tobacco and electronic vape cigarettes. These seizures were the result of raids in the Hermel, Mansoura, Ah-Faaqha, Nabi Othman and Brital areas. Reports of arrest of violators have been filed and submitted to the competent judicial authorities for review.