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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests 2 for allegedly promoting drugs

Date of incident: 
February 25, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

The Internal Security Forces arrested two Lebanese nationals in Beirut on suspicion of selling drugs, a statement from the ISF reported .

The ISF seized 91 plastic boxes containing various types of cocaine and an undisclosed sum of money.

The two men, N.B. born in 1985 and Y.N. born in 1995, were arrested in the Tayyouneh area as they were driving a rented Hyundai car. The pair were transferred to the judiciary for further questioning.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.