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Conflict Incident Report
Bekaa gas stations raided in search of smuggled fuel
Date of incident:
June 7, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Security forces in the Bekaa raided gas stations across the region in search of smuggled fuel from Syria, the caretaker economy minister told The Daily Star. Earlier in the day, caretaker Minister of State for Combatting Corruption Nicolas Tueni told a local radio station that the Lebanese state is losing around LL500,000,000 ($332,500) per day due to smuggled fuel. He added that smuggling was taking place through illegal border crossings into the Baalbeck-Hermel region.
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.
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