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Conflict Incident Report

Police arrest suspected prison drug smuggler

Date of incident: 
June 3, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

The Internal Security Forces Saturday announced the arrest of a suspect on charges of selling drugs and smuggling them into the Roumieh Prison. In a statement, the ISF announced the arrest of 32-year-old Palestinian B.H, who is accused of selling drugs and smuggling them into the prison. Police arrested him in Hadath, one of Beirut’s southern suburbs, where he was spotted driving a white, unregistered motorcycle. Security forces found 70 grams of hashish on his person, and he confessed to having used drugs. The suspect was referred to the judiciary for further investigation.

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): 
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.