Conflict Incident Report

ISF busts captagon ring in West Bekaa

Date of incident:

November 24, 2018

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

ISF Intelligence Branch

Lebanese Civilians

Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The ISF’s Information Branch has confiscated hundreds of thousands of Captagon pills in west Bekaa, arresting four men suspected of involvement in manufacturing the drug to sell it abroad.

Two of the suspects were Syrian nationals identified as Aa.Sh., born in 1990, and M.G., born in 1967, while the other two were Lebanese citizens identified as Aa.B., born in 1978, and Aa.Y., born in 1986.

Aa.Sh. and M.G. were arrested on Nov. 24 in a car in Al-Marj and found to be in possession of 204,534 Captagon pills.

Upon investigation, the ISF said the two confessed they were planning to smuggle the Captagon to an unspecified “Arab country.”

The same day, Aa.B. was arrested at a cellphone shop in Suweiri.

Upon searching the shop, the ISF found and confiscated 128,796 Captagon pills and 200 grams of white powder

Source Link:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2018/Dec-04/470825-…

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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ISF busts captagon ring in West Bekaa