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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Conflict Incident Report

Woman attempts smuggling drugs inside food to Zahle penitentiary