Conflict Incident Report

UPDATE: BEIRUT: A patrol unit from Anti-Drug Bureau of Internal Security Forces arrested three suspects on charges of drug dealing and trafficking in Mount Lebanon. According to a statement from the ISF, the unit confiscated powder and crack cocaine, five mobile phones, two pistols and scales identified as drug paraphernalia. The suspects, identified as 57-year-old M.H., 26-year-old Aa.H. and 57-year-old Aa.Aa. were arrested in Aramoun and Bshamoun a month after a source tipped off the ISF about their illicit activity. A source told The Daily Star that one of the three arrested suspects was allegedly a prominent drug lord running a ring on the Beirut-Sidon road. INITIAL REPORT: BEIRUT: A patrol from the Anti-Drug Bureau of the Internal Security Forces apprehended two drug dealers Friday, after monitoring them for over a month. A 55 year-old man identified as H. and his son A.H., 32, were ambushed by the Anti-Drug Bureau under the Khaldeh bridge in Mount Lebanon. The pair are from the town of Aramoun, southeast of Beirut. The first suspect is one of the most well-known drug dealers in the region, according to state media, and has had several warrants issued for his arrest. Upon their arrest, the father and son were found with an unverified amount of cocaine and Captagon pills. They were referred to the authorities for investigation. This arrests comes in light of several other drug apprehensions across Lebanon over the past month, in an apparent crackdown on drug trafficking.