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Conflict Incident Report

Army raids houses in Bekaa, arrests suspect

Date of incident: 
November 9, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Military Intelligence
Lebanese Civilians

The Army also raided the house of a wanted man identified as Faraj Qassem Zeaiter, but he was not there. Fifty-five grams of an unidentified white powder, a drug scale, a surveillance camera, a gallon container with an unidentified liquid, a glass bottle with acid inside and 5.5 kilograms of hash were confiscated from the house.

The arrested suspect and all of the confiscated items were referred to the judiciary for further investigation.

Primary category: 
Raid
Secondary Category: 
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.