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Arab News
2 days ago
- Arab News
Lebanese army destroys major captagon and crystal meth lab, seals off tunnel
The Lebanese army has dismantled what it described as one of the largest captagon pill-manufacturing labs discovered to date in Yammoune in the Baalbek region of eastern Lebanon. Army chiefs said on Monday that forces raided the facility 24 hours earlier. 'After the Intelligence Directorate obtained information about a major captagon pill lab in the town of Yammoune, a patrol from the directorate, supported by a unit from the army, carried out a raid on the lab,' it said. 'The personnel dismantled the equipment and machinery used, weighing about 10 tonnes, and destroyed part of it.' The patrol also 'seized a huge quantity of captagon pills, crystal meth, and various other narcotic substances.' Army chiefs added: 'The lab contained a tunnel used for entry and exit, and army personnel brought in a bulldozer and filled in the tunnel, which was approximately 300 meters long.' The tunnel was 'also used to store part of the lab's equipment.' The statement did not reveal who was operating the lab or whether anyone was arrested during the raid. 'The seized materials are now in the custody of the security agencies,' it said. 'An investigation has begun under the supervision of the competent judiciary, and efforts are ongoing to arrest those involved.'
Times
14-05-2025
- Times
Drug dealer jailed for killing boy, 7, in ‘cannabis lab' explosion
A drug dealer whose cannabis gummy factory caused an explosion in a block of flats which killed a seven-year-old boy has been jailed for 14 years. Reece Galbraith, 33, was using gas canisters to run a 'drug lab', which exploded in October last year. Archie York, who lived in the flat above, died in the blast, as did Jason Laws, 35, a friend of Galbraith's who was helping to run the drug factory in Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne. Archie was asleep on the sofa when his home was 'blown apart'. His mother, Katherine Errington, and his seven-week old brother, Finley, were pulled alive from the rubble. The explosion destroyed six of the 12 flats in the block and left many families homeless. Galbraith was found
The Guardian
14-05-2025
- The Guardian
Man sentenced for Newcastle house explosion that killed a seven-year-old boy
Reece Galbraith has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a huge explosion killed two people, including a seven-year-old boy, in the Benwell area of Newcastle. The court heard that the blast was the result of a dangerous and criminal drug lab making cannabis gummy sweets using 100 gas cannisters
