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Conflict Incident Report
ISF arrests two for drug possession
Date of incident:
April 13, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
The Internal Security Forces arrested two men in Mount Lebanon for alleged drug possession, a statement from the ISF’s media office reported.
The ISF said it arrested a Lebanese man identified as M.S., born in 1997, and a Syrian man identified as M.H., born in 1998, while the two were in a rental car in the city of Choueifat. Police found with the suspects 30 boxes that contained cocaine, a revolver, and a sum of money, the statement said.
The ISF added that an investigation into the incident is currently underway.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.
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