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Conflict Incident Report

South Lebanon police arrest suspect over fraud

Date of incident: 
July 1, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

South Lebanon police arrested a suspect over forgery charges, state media said. State Security in Nabatieh apprehended a Lebanese man, identified by his initials as R.Y., in the town of Shoukin, after several arrest warrants were issued against him for forgery and fraud, the National News Agency said. He was referred to the Public Prosecutor in Mount Lebanon.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary 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.