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Conflict Incident Report

Lebanese nationals arrested in the Southern Suburbs

Date of incident: 
January 16, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
ISF(internal security forces)

On 16 Jan 16, in the Southern Suburbs of Beirut, the Internal Security Forces (ISF) arrested five Lebanese nationals wanted for drug trafficking after raiding a home in Burj Al Barajneh.

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.