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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests two suspected members of auto theft gang

Date of incident: 
December 26, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Internal Security Forces arrested two suspected members of an auto theft gang, a statement from the agency reported Wednesday. The suspects, identified as Syrian nationals S.Q., born in 1972, and Aa.A., born in 1990, were arrested after stealing several cars in Mount Lebanon. S.Q. was arrested in Sin al-Fil last Thursday and was found in possession of auto theft tools.
Aa.A. was arrested Sunday in Burj Hammoud with fake identification documents. He allegedly admitted to stealing 18 cars in Bsous, Hazmieh, Jdeideh, Fanar, Ain Saade, Jbeil and Amchit. He said he received $400 for each stolen car. He also admitted to using cocaine and had been previously detained for drug dealing, the ISF said.

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.