The Lebanese Regie for Tobacco has intensified its efforts to combat smuggling, seizing considerable quantities of illegal cigarettes, counterfeit and smuggled mu’assal, and electronic vape cigarettes during raids in several towns in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. The targeted locations included Hawsh al-Sayyid Ali, al-Fakiha, and al-Labweh, in addition to the Sharawneh neighborhood in Baalbek.
Reports on the arrest of violators have been submitted to the competent judicial authorities for review and further action.