Conflict Incident Report

Suspected drug trafficker arrested after east Lebanon shootout

Date of incident:

December 16, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Authorities Wednesday arrested a suspected drug trafficker following a shootout in east Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
A security source told The Daily Star anti-drug unit agents arrested Sultan Majid Ismail in Hawsh Snid, some two kilometers from the border town of Brital, Ismail’s hometown.
The source said the agents exchanged gunfire with Ismail shortly after he crossed a Lebanese Army checkpoint Hawsh Snid in the northern Bekaa Valley.
The anti-drug bureau had closely monitored Ismail’s activities prior to his arrest, according to the source.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Dec-16/327654-suspect...

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.

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Suspected drug trafficker arrested after east Lebanon shootout