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Conflict Incident Report

Army: Three persons apprehended in Tripoli on charges of shooting, drug trafficking

Date of incident: 
September 21, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

NNA - An army patrol raided a number of places in Tripoli's Abi Samra neighborhood, in search of wanted persons, and arrested three citizens on charges of shooting and drug trafficking, army command said in a communiqué.
The three arrested persons with their seized items were handed over to the concerned authorities, command concluded.

Primary category: 
Raid
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.