Lebanon

Drug Distributor in Police Custody

Drug Distributor in Police Custody

The General Directorate of Internal Security Forces - Public Relations Division announced in a statement that, "As a result of the daily monitoring carried out by the Internal Security Forces to pursue drug trafficking, distribution, and promotion networks in various Lebanese regions, and after having previously arrested two drug promoters active for a dealer in the neighborhoods of Khaldeh and Chouifat, its specialized units intensified their intelligence efforts to identify the remaining members of the network and apprehend them. As a result of extensive investigations and inquiries, the Information Branch was able to identify the distributor who supplies the aforementioned promoters with drugs intended for distribution, named: - A. B. (born in 1995, Syrian), who has a criminal record for robbery, theft, drug offenses, and motorbike and car theft, with a summary conviction for robbery resulting in a 10-year prison sentence. On 18-07-2024, after a careful surveillance operation, one of the branch's patrols arrested him in the area of Sahra Chouifat while riding a grey "Sweit" motorcycle without license plates, which was confiscated. During the investigation, he confessed to the allegations related to his distribution of drugs to the promoters. Legal action was taken against him, and he was placed with the motorcycle in the custody of the relevant authority as per judicial instructions."

### Drug distributor for promoters, wanted for various crimes, in custody of the Information Branch.

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