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Conflict Incident Report

South Lebanon police arrest drug dealer

Date of incident: 
March 5, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
ISF Intelligence Branch

BEIRUT: A notorious drug dealer was arrested over the weekend, a statement by south Lebanon’s Anti-Drug Bureau reported. The 42-year-old, identified as Ibrahim M., was arrested after an intelligence and surveillance operation spanning the highway from Khaldeh to Tyre. Ibrahim M. had been sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia after being found guilty of drug-dealing.

 

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.