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Conflict Incident Report
ISF seizes $600,000 worth of Marijuana, arrests drug lord
Date of incident:
June 28, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
The Internal Security Forces arrested a “most wanted” drug producer and dealer along with his accomplices, seizing 28 kilograms of marijuana plants, the security agency said Thursday in a statement.
The main suspect, a Lebanese national identified as S.F., born in 1979, has a total of 16 warrants out for his arrest. He is accused of growing and dealing drugs, and he allegedly admitted that he had grown and dealt marijuana.
The ISF had previously arrested two Lebanese drug dealers who worked for S.F.
The two Lebanese nationals, identified as Y.S., born in 1992, and J.S., born in 1992, allegedly sold 3 to 4 kilograms of marijuana per month to university students.
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.