Blow to Drug Networks in Mount Lebanon: Raids and Arrest of 9 Dealers!

The General Directorate of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces – Public Relations Division issued the following statement:

As part of the ongoing efforts by specialized units within the Internal Security Forces to combat drug trafficking and distribution across various Lebanese regions, the Information Branch obtained intelligence regarding a group of individuals operating within networks that distribute narcotic substances in several areas within the Mount Lebanon Governorate. Consequently, patrols from the aforementioned branch were tasked with locating and monitoring members of these networks to arrest them.

Following field surveillance and intensified patrols in areas where dealers are active, these units conducted ambushes and raids in Kfarshima, Dikwaneh, Dbayeh, Mkalles, Bourj Hammoud, and Al-Ouzai, arresting 9 dealers caught in the act, and seized 3 motorcycles without license plates. The detainees are:
A.K. (born 1990, Lebanese)
R.B. (born 1972, Lebanese)
A.R.A. (born 1998, Syrian)
A.S.H. (born 1995, Syrian)
A.A. (born 1996, stateless)
S.I. (born 1990, Egyptian)
M.R. (born 2005, Syrian)
F.H. (born 1980, Syrian)
S.H. (born 2007, Syrian).

Upon searching them, their motorcycles, and the homes of three of them, a large quantity of drugs packaged in bags, boxes, plastic caps, capsules, and envelopes containing cocaine, base, hashish, marijuana, crystal, crystal meth, Salvia, Captagon pills, and others was seized, along with a military pistol with two magazines and 7 rounds, a knife, tools for packaging drugs, and cash amounts.

During interrogation, they confessed to the charges against them. Legal procedures were carried out against them, and they were referred to the competent authority along with the seized items, based on the instruction of the competent judiciary.