A Lebanese prosecutor filed charges on Tuesday against current and former customs officials over the massive blast at Beirut's port in August, including a former customs chief who was reportedly the point man for the militant Hezbollah group at the facility. State prosecutor Ghassan Khoury charged senior customs official Hani Haj Shehadeh and former customs chief in Beirut, Moussa Hazimeh, according to the state-run National News Agency. Hazimeh was reportedly the point man for Hezbollah at the Port of Beirut when a massive amount of highly explosive fertilizer was stored there more than six years ago. Riad Kobaissi, an investigative reporter with Al Jadeed TV, has followed corruption at the port and within the customs authorities since 2012. He said that includes Hazimeh, who Kobaissi described as Hezbollah's former point man at the port.

Source: CBC News November 24, 2020 20:15 UTC