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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrest five people in Borj el Brajneh, Beirut

Date of incident: 
December 23, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

On 23 Dec 16, the Internal Security Forces arrested five Lebanese Nationals in Borj el Brajneh, Beirut for drug trafficking. The ISF also confiscated drugs, a handgun, money and four motorcycles.

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.