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Conflict Incident Report

Army arrests fugitive in Baalbeck

Date of incident: 
July 21, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Lebanese Civilians

On 21 July 16, the LAF ( Lebanese Army Forces )  arrested a man and seized an amount of weapons and drugs from his house after raiding his and other fugitives’ residences in the Baalbek villages of Hezzin and Al-Hammoudiyeh. The army seized an amount of light ammunition, a variety of military equipment as well as a quantity of drugs and machines used to manufacture them.

Primary category: 
Arms Storage/Smuggling
Secondary Category: 
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.