Saudi Prince Arrested At Lebanon Airport For Flying In With Drugs

A Saudi prince has been detained at Beirut airport in Lebanon after two tons of an amphetamine drug popular with Syrian rebels was found on a private jet.

Prince Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz and four other men were held after what was described as the biggest ever drugs bust at the city’s main Rafik Hariri International Airport.

They were allegedly "attempting to smuggle about two tons of Captagon pills and some cocaine", a security source was quoted as saying. The drugs were stuffed into 40 suitcases, according to reports.

It has been a bad few weeks for the Saudi royal family’s minor princes. Prince Majed bin Abdullah was arrested last month in Los Angeles for allegedly trying to force a woman to perform oral sex, though charges were dropped last week.