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Lebanon police arrest three suspected counterfeiters
Date of incident:
March 27, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
BEIRUT: Lebanon police announced the arrested three suspects on charges of using and distributing counterfeit money in the southern village of Adaisseh.
The Internal Security Forces said in a statement that the three suspects were arrested in the town of Taibeh in the southern district on Nabatieh.
Police seized LL2,300,000 ($1,533) in the form forged LL100,000 bills.
Police also confiscated LL4,200,000 of the forged currency in the town of Saadnayel in the eastern city of Zahle.
The suspects were identified as 19-year-old Aa.M., 20-year-old Aa. A. and H.A., 22.
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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