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Lebanon police arrest man suspected of scamming car buyers
Date of incident:
February 1, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Police arrested a man suspected of selling vehicles that he was renting under a fake name.
An Internal Security Forces' statement said that Z.A., 59, was using forged documentation to complete the sales. He was detained in Haret Hreik neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs.
Two Nissan cars were confiscated during the operation.
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.
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