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• St. Louis arrest leads police to alleged Hezbollah fundraising ring 

A man who caught the attention of drug task force officers at Lambert Airport three years ago faces sentencing next month after providing information that authorities say helped cut off a funding pipeline for the Hezbollah terrorist group.

Haissam Nashar, 36, a native of Lebanon who lives in North Carolina, was running fraudulent cigarette tax stamps. Under interrogation, he gave police the names of other people of Lebanese heritage who he said were smuggling cigarette stamps to raise money for Hezbollah.

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