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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrested suspected drug, theft gang member

Date of incident: 
September 11, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
ISF Intelligence Branch

Internal Security Forces Tuesday arrested a man wanted on multiple charges in the town of Arzi, located in southern Lebanon.

A patrol from the ISF’s Information Branch arrested a Lebanese national, identified as W.Sh., who had nine previous warrants out for his arrest. The suspect was wanted on charges including theft and drug trafficking as well as forming a criminal gang that stole from storage containers and businesses in Beirut.

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.