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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests suspected car thief in Bekaa

Date of incident: 
June 14, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

The Internal Security Forces has arrested a man suspected of committing a series of robberies and car thefts in the Bekaa Valley, the security body said.
The Lebanese suspect, identified by his initials I.D., born in 1977, was arrested while driving a stolen Renault Rapid in the Bekaa area on Tuesday at 11 p.m., according to a statement from the ISF.
I.D. had 10 arrest warrants on charges of robbery, theft and firing weapons.
The suspect allegedly admitted to stealing cars and using drugs.
Investigations are ongoing, the statement said.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.