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Conflict Incident Report

Mount Lebanon police arrest suspect over bad checks

Date of incident: 
June 23, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

Mount Lebanon police arrested a man suspected of passing bad checks, authorities said.

A unit from Internal Security Forces’ Information Branch Wednesday apprehended a 33-year-old Lebanese man, identified by his initials as J.Z., on Yahchouch highway north of Beirut, an ISF statement said.

The suspect is wanted on a judicial sentence and twelve arrest warrants, it added.

He frequently visited a café in Jounieh despite his legal status, ISF said, adding he used to tell his friend, “Let them [ISF] dare arrest me.”

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.