Conflict Incident Report

State Security arrested a Lebanese on smuggling charges

Date of incident:

November 24, 2017

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

State Security

The General Directorate of Lebanon's State Securityarrested in Taanayel of Zahle district Syrian national, Mazen M., over smuggling people in coordination with his partners.

The smuggled Syrians would then be handed to Lebanese nationals with whom Mazen splited the profits made.This Lebanese woman, M.Z., born in 1979, ran the smuggling network. Consequently, she was arrested in al-Suwayri district in the western Bekaa. She later admitted that she had smuggled many people from Syria to Lebanon and vice versa in return for financial gains.

Source Link:

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/85836/State-Security-arrests-L…

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.

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State Security arrested a Lebanese on smuggling charges

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