Saudi Arabia seeks extradition from Lebanon of man who threatened embassy

"We call upon the competent Lebanese authorities to undertake the necessary legal procedures regarding the terrorist threats," Bukhari said following a meeting with Lebanon's interior minister. Lebanon and Saudi security forces say the person behind the recorded threats was a Saudi dissident.

Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon Walid al-Bukhari said the kingdom is seeking the arrest and extradition from Lebanon of a Saudi man who threatened the kingdom's embassy in Beirut last week. "We call upon the competent Lebanese authorities to undertake the necessary legal procedures regarding the terrorist threats," Bukhari said following a meeting with Lebanon's interior minister.

Lebanon and Saudi security forces say the person behind the recorded threats was a Saudi dissident. Reuters could not independently confirm the information and was not able to contact the man. Bukhari also called on Lebanese security forces to continue cracking down on illicit drug smuggling to Saudi Arabia, noting the kingdom has seized 700 million narcotic pills and hundreds of kilos of hashish smuggled from or via Lebanon since 2015.