Conflict Incident Report

Bid to Assault Customs Chief at RHIA, Police Seize Smuggled Goods

Date of incident:

September 12, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

The army arrested on Saturday two Lebanese nationals after an attempt to assault the customs chief at the Rafic Hariri International Airport, the state-run National News Agency reported. Several individuals including, Tarek Hisham al-Sabeaa and another man from the same family, intruded into the office of the customs chief at the airport Samer Diaa and tried to assault him, NNA said. It added that the police airport had seized smuggled merchandise that the persecutors were trying to exchange for shoe insoles. The army arrested the two of the men while the rest managed to escape. The merchandise was confiscated.

Source Link:

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/189644-bid-to-assault-customs-…

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.

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Conflict Incident Report

Bid to Assault Customs Chief at RHIA, Police Seize Smuggled Goods