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Man arrested for stealing motorcycles and trading them for drugs
Date of incident:
August 10, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
The Internal Security Forces announced in a statement that it had arrested a young man in Zahle for stealing motorcycles and exchanging them for freebase cocaine.
The man, identified as Lebanese national H.Sh., born in 1997, was arrested Aug. 10 in the town of Taalabaya. He admitted to having stolen three motorcycles and traded them for freebase cocaine, which he intended to use, the ISF said. The statement added that he had also previously been arrested for theft and trading drugs.
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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