Conflict Incident Report

ISF Arrests Ex-Officer for Smuggling Suspects from Brital to Beirut

Date of incident:

January 26, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

ISF(internal security forces)

The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau detained a former member of the force on charges of smuggling wanted suspects from the eastern Bekaa region to Beirut, it announced in a statement on Tuesday.
It said that retired Brigadier General J. Merhej “abused his former position” to smuggle the suspects from Brital to Beirut.
The statement revealed that a week ago, he had facilitated the transport of a suspect by allowing him to bypass the ISF checkpoint at the Dahr al-Baydar crossing from Brital to Beirut.
He was arrested shortly after his activity was closely monitored by the bureau.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/200481-isf-arrests-ex-officer-for-smu...

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

Classification of conflict (primary):

Individual acts of violence

Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.

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ISF Arrests Ex-Officer for Smuggling Suspects from Brital to Beirut