Arresting individuals in Riha and confiscating weapons and narcotics

Friday, 22 July 2016

The Army Headquarters- Directorate of Orientation issued the following statement:


This morning, while army forces were raiding the residences of wanted individuals in Riha - Baalbeck, they were exposed to fire from light combat weapons. Therefore, they returned fire with no casualties being recorded. Moreover, Army forces tracked down the shooters and managed to arrest them. The arrested individuals were: Mohammad Hussein el Haj Hassan, Mohammad Atef el Tashm and Hasan Ali Safwan and they were caught in the possession of 3 Kalashnikov rifles and an amount of narcotics.
The arrested individuals were turned in along with the confiscated items to the relevant authorities in order to take the necessary measures.