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Conflict Incident Report

Two arrested on drug charges

Date of incident: 
March 25, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

The ISF  announced  that it arrested two Lebanese  for selling and using drugs in Beirut’s Tayyouneh area. An investigative unit from the Beirut police station arrested F.H., born 1989 and H.H., born in 1985. F.H. had an arrest warrant out against him for possession of heroin.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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.