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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrest a man suspected of drug abuse and possession

Date of incident: 
April 29, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Lebanese Military Intelligence

Mount Lebanon police arrested a suspect on charges of drug abuse, authorities said.

Internal Security Forces’ Information Branch apprehended a 24-year-old man identified by his initials A.S. in the town of Ghazir in the Kesrouan district, north of Beirut. He was in possession of narcotic drugs, the ISF said on Twitter.

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.