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Former Lebanese customs director detained over Beirut blast released, family says

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the collapsed northern section of the Beirut grain silos, damaged in the August 2020 port blast, in Beirut Lebanon August 23, 2022. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah/File Photo

Former Lebanese customs chief Badri Daher, detained over the August 2020 Beirut port blast, has been released, his sister told Reuters.

Daher was the highest-level official detained over the blast.

(Reporting by Timour Azhari Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)

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