After receiving information about unknown individuals forming a network to forge identity documents and certifications for transactions in official departments with the aim of smuggling Syrian individuals to an Arab country, the Internal Security Forces assigned the Central Investigation Detachment in the Embassies and Public Institutions Security Unit to conduct field procedures and inquiries to uncover the involved parties and detain them. According to a statement from the Internal Security Forces, as a result of intensive investigations, the mentioned detachment was able to identify three suspects:
- M. J. (born 1974, Syrian)
- W. M. (born 1979, Lebanese)
- R. H. (born 1983, Syrian), nicknamed "Abu Ali Qara".
The statement added that during the investigation, M. J. confessed that he works for W. M., who in turn stated that he obtains the files from one of the offices that handle transactions in Syria. As for R. H., he admitted that he directs customers to the mentioned office in Syria to forge their papers and claimed that he had no details about what happens there.
The statement indicated that when listening to the testimonies of the related individuals, M. B. and his mother S. T., after bringing them from inside a hotel in Beirut, they declared that they were aware that the documents were forged, and they had dealt with the office in Syria through R. H. so that M. B. could obtain a visa to an Arab country since his identity papers and family status do not allow him to do so. The legal procedures against the first three detainees were carried out, and they were deposited along with the seized items with the relevant authority, and the case was referred to the Information Division for further investigation based on judicial directions, while M. B. and S. T. were released after confiscating their passports, and efforts continue to arrest other involved parties.
