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Conflict Incident Report

State security apprehends one syrian and his mother for links to foreigner's smuggling network

Date of incident: 
May 16, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
State Security

State Security patrol in the Bekaa region arrested one Syrian (J.M) and his Mother (R.K), for links to a network smuggling foreign people across the Syrian-Lebanese borders, NNA field reporter said. 

The detainees were handed over to the Appeal Public Prosecutor's Office in the Bekaa, and work is currently underway to arrest other members of said network. 

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): 
Border conflicts (Syrian border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
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.