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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests drug dealer in Chouf

Date of incident: 
November 21, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

 The Internal Security Forces has arrested a man in Chouf on drug-dealing charges.

Following investigations into a number of drug-dealing operations in the coastal area of the Chouf district, an ISF patrol arrested F.S., a Lebanese national born in 1987, the detainee was in possession of 49 capsules, each containing approximately one gram of cocaine, and an unspecified sum of money.

During his interrogation, F.S. reportedly admitted to dealing drugs that were supplied to him by another suspect, identified as Aa.Aa.Z.

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.