A patrol from the strike force, as part of the General Directorate of State Security's efforts to combat the drug epidemic and pursue drug dealers, successfully arrested (M.H.), one of the most prominent drug traffickers in Beirut and its suburbs, in a specialized operation after monitoring him. He had been hiding and making covert movements to avoid arrest. It was revealed that there were 4 arrest warrants against him for drug and weapon trafficking, in addition to his use of counterfeit $100 bills. The arrested individual confessed to trafficking drugs in Beirut and its suburbs, as well as participating in gunfire directed at army patrols during raids in the Shraouna neighborhood in Baalbek. An investigation has been initiated with him based on the instructions of the competent judiciary.