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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests man on drug-related charges

Date of incident: 
February 26, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Judicial Police - ISF

The Internal Security Forces announced the arrest of three suspects on drug-related charges, and the associated seizure of thousands of illegal pills in Metn.

On Feb. 26, a Judicial Police unit arrested Lebanese suspect B.B., born in 1987, in Baabda’s Furn al-Shubbak. The suspect, who was carrying a quantity of heroin at the time of his arrest, was wanted on five warrants for drug charges and motorbike theft.

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.