Meeting a Lebanese drug lord - BBC Pop Up (FULL FILM) - BBC News

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Lebanon is known around the world for its hashish. In the Beqaa Valley farmers grow it with impunity, making millions of dollars a year. Backed by armed militiamen, the country's drug lords have became untouchable. Benjamin Zand visits one of the biggest drug lords, and finds out how the civil war in neighbouring Syria means the farms have been able to flourish.
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All Comments (21)
  • @r.r7670
    Dude this drug lord was so kind to you. He invited you into his place and you go to the police to snitch on him. Bad dude. Really bad.
  • @xzxx6525
    Sells drug, fight isis and is really kind Why tf u snitched of him
  • @Meauseum
    imagine getting someone's trust,getting invited to his house,treated like a guest,then snitchin, such a d bro
  • @adesharora7040
    "do you not think it is illegal?" Drug lord : Our politicians are illegal. We are the only thing that's legal. Legend lmaooo
  • @brownmamba6858
    The drug dealer came off as more civil then the police.
  • @tuteBitz
    the government made me a criminal, i'm a nice guy, i just smoke. that cut deep
  • @romulusdraco1801
    smh, you broke the only rule of journalism when it comes to interviewing these kind of people, if they allowed you to film something that most people would get shot for just asking about, then do not betray their trust.
  • @cornamenpython6760
    Pulls out an AK-47 iS tHaT aN aK47?! Pulls out an RPG Is ThAt A bAzOoKa?! "Very professional"
  • @Mustafa-og5is
    17 days after this video was made Ali shamas house was raided because this guy decided to be a snitch. R.I.P Ali he died last year of a heart attack
  • @tompanoname3579
    Lebanese people are some of kindest people on Earth. I'm Croatian, and Lebanese doctor saved my life in Zagreb hospital. Forever thankful!
  • @michaelswords4416
    My neighbours are from Lebanon. They moved to London 4/5 years ago, lovely family, really good people, I smoke weed with eldest son who's in his 20's. One thing I want to say about them is when they moved in, not long after my dad passed away, leukaemia. When the funeral hearse left from outside our home for the funeral, all the family came outside and watched, they didn't say a word. A week or two later there was a knock on the door, I opened it to find the husband and wife with freshly cooked food, huge plates of rice, chicken, all sorts. I was a bit taken back by it, then they gave their condolences, I said you didn't have to do all this, he said no we have to do this, we are neighbours. I almost started to well up. As I said, lovely people.
  • @davidkalavsky1760
    Not even a drug lord, more like a tribal leader that grows cannabis and protects his lands.
  • @ZeeHilal
    These people in Lebanon are some of the nicest people you will ever meet on earth. They are kind not foolish
  • @ritchy9190
    As a lebanese person, i think it was extremely rude for you to snitch on him even if he was a drug lord, my point is he was very nice to you
  • @TheRealRotz
    wow...i got so mad when he went to the police and gave every single information
  • @kevinlewis2691
    Title should be: Snitching on a Lebanese Drug Lord - BBC Pop Up (FULL FILM) - BBC News
  • @blackkapmorris9404
    Im half irish half Lebanese. Both my parents escaped civil wars, my parents were very loving but in a cold way. It pushed me to grow up pretty quickly. I had a pretty good social view of the world by 6-7 years old and still have alot of those same views. I love Lebanon.
  • @snifey7694
    This drug lord is so friendly that I would likely to be his buyer