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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests suspected drug dealer in Mount Lebanon

Date of incident: 
November 25, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
ISF Intelligence Branch
Lebanese Civilians

The Internal Security Forces arrested a man with 144 dime bags of drugs ready for distribution in Mount Lebanon, the agency announced Sunday.

The bags contained 26 kilograms of hashish and 468 Captagon pills, the statement said. Lebanese national Aa.Y., born in 1994, was arrested by the ISF’s Information Branch in the Aley town of Kfar Matta while reportedly driving to meet a dealer who would go on to sell the drugs.

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.