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Conflict Incident Report

Two suspects arrested on drug charges

Date of incident: 
December 28, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)

The Internal Security Forces has arrested a suspected drug dealer and two of his suspected buyers in Mount Lebanon, a statement from the agency reported Monday.The suspect, identified as Sh.G., a Lebanese national born in 1978, was arrested Friday while riding an unregistered motorbike he allegedly used for drug dealing, in possession of a grenade, hashish and a cellphone.

Two people suspected of having purchase drugs from Sh.G., identified as W.Y. and Sh.T., were also arrested.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.