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Conflict Incident Report

North Lebanon police arrest two suspects over drug abuse

Date of incident: 
June 8, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

North Lebanon police arrested two suspects over drug abuse, state media reported .

A unit from Internal Security Forces apprehended two men identified by their initials as R.Q. and Y.R. as they were using drugs in Seer Dinnieh in north Lebanon, the National News Agency said.

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.