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Two men arrested for forging visas for Hajj pilgrims
Date of incident:
August 6, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
Two men were arrested in Raouche and Zarif for having allegedly forged visas for Hajj pilgrims, the Internal Security Forces announced Monday.
The suspects, identified as Lebanese nationals M.Kh and Aa.K., are ages 31 and 36, respectively. The arrests took place Friday, shortly after a complaint had been filed against them. Eighty-eight Iraqi passports were also found among their possessions, according to the ISF.
During interrogations, the men admitted to having worked to make the fake visas with the help of a third person in Syria. The ISF is asking people who fell victim to this scam to go to the Barbar Al-Khazen barracks in Verdun to initiate legal proceedings against the suspects.
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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