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Conflict Incident Report
Woman attempts smuggling drugs inside food to Zahle penitentiary
Date of incident:
December 20, 2014
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
ISF(internal security forces)
The ISF Public Directorate issued the following statement on Saturday:
"On December 20, 2014 members of Zahle's regional police confiscated 250 Benzhexol pills while a woman attempted to smuggle them into Zahle penitentiary.
The woman, Z.N. (born 1985) hid the drugs inside meat slices in a home-cooked dish she brought to one of the inmates.
The woman was apprehended as an investigation was launched into the incident."
http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/38151/Woman-attempts-smuggling-dr...
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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