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Police detain 24-year-old drug dealer
Date of incident:
October 28, 2016
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Police Friday detained a 24-year-old drug dealer in east Lebanon, an Internal Security Forces statement said.
The ISF reported that Aa.Q. was detained at Riyaq checkpoint in the eastern city of Zahle.
Policemen seized 200 grams of hashish, three bags of captagon that contained around 600 pills, a quantity of cocaine and other kinds of narcotics, which were found in his possession – in addition to seven fake LL100,000 banknotes.
The suspect is has several warrants out for his arrest, and has been taken to the Riyaq police station for further questioning.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
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.
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