Conflict Incident Report

Mexicans Held for Robbing Syrians of $159K

Date of incident:

October 23, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

ISF(internal security forces)

Mexican civilians

Two Mexicans have been arrested at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport after they stole $159,000 from the car of two Syrians in the Karantina area, the Internal Security Forces announced on Friday.
It said the two Syrians filed a theft report Thursday with the al-Nahr police station.
“Following intensive investigations, two individuals who were in the area when the robbery occurred were suspected of being involved in the operation,” the ISF said.
“In coordination with the al-Nahr police station and the ISF Intelligence Bureau, the Judicial Police department at RHIA managed to arrest them,” it added.
The ISF identified the two men as two Mexicans – 43-year-old E. M. and 36-year-old H. O.
“$155,000 was seized in their possession and they were referred to the al-Nahr police station for further investigations under the supervision of the relevant judicial authorities,” the ISF added.

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

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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Conflict Incident Report

Mexicans Held for Robbing Syrians of $159K