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Conflict Incident Report

Suspected drug dealer arrested in Beirut's southern suburbs

Date of incident: 
December 16, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

A suspected drug dealer has been arrested in the Beirut southern suburb of Bir Hasan, the Internal Security Forces reported in a statement Sunday.

The suspect was identified as M.M., a Palestinian man born in 1997. He was arrested by the ISF Information Branch on Dec. 14.

While searching him, the ISF found “15 dime bags of hashish, one bag of Salvia, 13 bags containing 130 Tramadol pills and 10 Carisol pills, in addition to an amount of money,”

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.