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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrested three for theft

Date of incident: 
October 21, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Three men were recently arrested on suspicion of stealing motorbikes in the Baabda town of Mreijeh.
 
The three Lebanese men were arrested on Beirut’s Hay al-Selloum Street on October 21. The suspects were identified by their initials as A.N., born 1989, AA.N., born 1997, and AA.N. born in 2000.
 
Five stolen motorbikes, a revolver, scissors, a gun, and a quantity of Salvia were also seized.
 
During questioning, the suspects admitted to being involved in the robbery of motorbikes in a number of areas in Mount Lebanon and selling the stolen goods in Bekaa. They also confessed to drug use.
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.