The Internal Security Forces General Directorate - Public Relations Division issued the following statement: "As part of its ongoing efforts to monitor car thefts in various Lebanese areas to reduce them and pursue the perpetrators to arrest them, the specialized units of the Information Branch in the Internal Security Forces are continuously making field and intelligence efforts in locations where thefts occur to identify the members of the involved gangs. As a result of investigations and inquiries, the branch's patrols succeeded in identifying the mastermind behind the car thefts, particularly of 'Jeep Cherokee' models, which took place in several Lebanese regions. It has been determined that his name is: W. Y. (born in 1993, Syrian), who has a criminal history involving kidnapping and drugs.
Accordingly, orders were given to locate and arrest him. On 11-6-2022, after careful surveillance, the special force from the branch set up an ambush in the town of Aramoun, resulting in the arrest of the suspect.
During the investigation, he admitted to carrying out over 20 car thefts of types: 'Cherokee', 'Mercedes', and 'Honda', from areas including Kfarfaman in Nabatiyeh, Sidon, Aramoun, Baabda, Antelias, Zalka, Dora, and the southern suburb, and that he worked on transporting the stolen cars to the town of Brital in Baalbek and sold them to an individual for monetary amounts. He also confessed to drug use. The necessary legal procedures were taken against him, and he was placed under the relevant authority, based on the jurisdiction's instructions."
