The arrest of perpetrators of insecurity and various missions were carried out within the fight against human smuggling and drug trafficking across borders

The Army Command – Directorate of Orientation issued the following statement:

Within the framework of the security operations carried out by the Army to fight against human smuggling and drug trafficking across borders and to arrest the perpetrators of insecurity, the deployed military units carried out various missions, with the support of the Intelligence Directorate, on 11 and 12/8/2023, which resulted in the following:

• The arrest of 150 Syrians in Chadra, Khirbet al-Rumman, and the Andaqet al-Awainat - Akkar highway while trying to sneak into the Lebanese territory illegally.
• The arrest of the citizens (M.S.) and his brother (M.S.), (A.AA.) and (W.T.) in Abi Samra – Tripoli for opening fire. A Kalashnikov, an amount of ammunition, and a quantity of hashish were seized in their possession.
• The confiscation of around 23 kg of hashish and 3,000 Captagon pills in Wadi Zamrani – Jouroud Arsal on a motorcycle when trying to smuggle them to Lebanon.

The seized items were handed over, and the investigation was initiated with the arrestees under the supervision of the competent judicial authorities.