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Members of Daesh cell arrested in security raids
The ISF conducted raids over the weekend and arrested four Lebanese nationals on charges of communicating with important Daesh leaders in Iraq and Syria to organize and finance extremist activity in Lebanon. Security forces found and seized the terrorists’ stockpiled missiles, grenades, rifles, ammunition and communication devices in a warehouse in the area of Abu Samra, in Tripoli.
Under interrogation, the leader of the terrorist cell confessed to his belief in Daesh’s ideology and to his plans to establish a Daesh cell in Tripoli. Through a contact in Raqqa, Syria, he assisted with a project to pilot drones in northern Lebanon for the group. The other detainees also admitted pledging allegiance to Daesh, maintaining contacts with fighters in Damascus, with fighters in Damascus, transferring money to cells in Syria and other foreign countries as werll as stockpilling military weapons.
"The organization members were mostly in motion between the city of Tripoli and the area of Danniyeh in northern Lebanon. On 24 and 25 July 2017, a special force of the Division carried out raids which resulted in the arrest of the entire network."
The arrestees have all been referred to the competent military court.