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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests man smuggling drugs through Beirut's airport

Date of incident: 
December 12, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Jordanian national

The Internal Security Forces arrested a man Wednesday as he attempted to smuggle drugs through Beirut’s airport, according to the state-run National News Agency.

The man, identified as Jordanian national Z.H., was arrested at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport after he was found in possession of 100 grams of cocaine and an unspecified amount of hashish.

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.