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Conflict Incident Report

Expired medicine warehouse raided

Date of incident: 
August 10, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Customs

A warehouse of expired medicines was raided in Damour by Lebanese Customs, according to a statement from the Finance Ministry.

The people involved, who are not yet arrested, had been switching expired date stickers on the medicine box with labels marking newer dates. The medicines were confiscated and investigations are ongoing to find the suspects.

Expired products are sold at lower prices on the market. In early July, State Security launched a campaign to crack down on food warehouses storing illegal or spoiled goods. The raids were carried out after State Security found a surge in incidents of tampering with food products.

Primary category: 
Raid
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.