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Conflict Incident Report

Army intelligence arrests 7 in Zgharta on drug-related charges

Date of incident: 
February 2, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Military Intelligence
Lebanese Civilians

The Lebanese Army Intelligence arrested seven people in north Lebanon’s Zgharta on drug-related charges, the state-run National News Agency reported Friday.

Intelligence personnel also arrested four Syrian nationals who were reportedly smuggled into Lebanon.

No further details were provided.

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.