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ISF arrests suspected crime ring member
Date of incident:
February 3, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
The Internal Security Forces arrested a suspected member of a drug trafficking gang, a statement from the ISF reported Friday.
The ISF was investigating a gang that trafficked drugs and stole cars when they arrested the Lebanese national, identified as Aa.A., born in 1958, on Feb. 3 in the northeastern town of Beit Shama in Baalbeck. He was found with a Kalashnikov rifle and two cell phones.
Aa.A. was accused of theft, forgery and drug offenses and confessed to the crimes during questioning.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category:
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
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.
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