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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests suspects in illegal jewelry trade

Date of incident: 
November 6, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Internal Security Forces has arrested two men suspected of trafficking stolen and fake jewelry in separate cases.

On Tuesday, the ISF’s Information Branch arrested Syrian national R.H., born in 1988, in Metn's Ain Saade, according to the statement, which said the suspect was found in possession of 11 fake gold bracelets and 198 fake gold rings.

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.