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Conflict Incident Report
Police bust attempt to smuggle phones into Roumieh prison
Date of incident:
July 15, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Mount Lebanon police uncovered two mobile phones hidden in a double-bottom cooking pot at Lebanon’s central prison, a statement from the Internal Security Forces announced.
Police agents in charge of inspecting incoming foodstuffs and materials to the Central Prison in Metn’s Roumieh said the additional layer in the pot where the two phones were found was “professionally crafted” for the purpose of smuggling, the ISF statement read.
The guards detained a Lebanese national identified by his initials R.Aa. on charges of smuggling the phones into the prison for one of the inmates, the statement added. The man, 27, is currently under investigation.
Primary category:
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
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.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Conflicts of socio-economic development
Conflicts associated with lack of, or gaps in economic development, opportunities and access to resources.
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