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Conflict Incident Report

Thieves arrested red-handed in stolen car

Date of incident: 
April 22, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians

The Internal Security Forces arrested car thieves attempting to drive off with a stolen vehicle in Jounieh.

Lebanese nationals H.H., born in 1985, and I.Y., born in 1972, were caught red-handed in Jounieh, trying to get away in a stolen Hyundai Grand i10.

Both suspects are allegedly part of a larger car theft gang, and admitted to stealing over 20 Hyundai vehicles from different areas in Mount Lebanon.

The ISF seized a gun found in the car, as well as $3,200 in cash, counterfeit license plates and a bag full of tools used to break into cars.

At the time of the arrest, the ISF also seized a stolen Hyundai Tucson that was being transported by the gang to Bekaa, to be smuggled into Syria from there.


 

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.