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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests suspected gang members for dealing drugs

Date of incident: 
December 12, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
ISF Intelligence Branch
Lebanese Civilians
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Internal Security Forces have arrested five alleged gang members for transporting, storing and dealing drugs across Lebanon.

Following a monitoring operation, the ISF Information Branch arrested five individuals across the country and seized weapons, drugs and money.

Those arrested were: Lebanese national H.Aa., born in 1997, in a Broummana hotel; Syrian national A.Aa., born 1998, in Mansourieh; Lebanese national Aa.B., born 1987, in Furn al-Shubbak; Egyptian national M.S., born in 1995, in Dikwaneh; and Lebanese national B.H., born in 1992, in Ras al-Nabeh.

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.