Arresting wanted individuals and confiscating an amount of narcotics in Tripoli and Akkar

The Army Headquarters- Directorate of Orientation issued the following statement:
An army patrol raided in Soueiqa -Tripoli a sawmill belonging to Houssam Shheita and the residence of citizen Mouhi el Din Moustafa Qassab where it managed to arrest Qassab. The Army patrol also confiscated in the residence and the mentioned sawmill around 85 Kgs of Hash and narcotic pills. Moreover, in Ebn Sina and Soueiqa -Tripoli, an army patrol arrested Mohammad Hassan Warde and Syrian Rabih Ahmad merhi for belonging to narcotic trafficking gang in the city. Furthermore, army forces arrested in Deir Aamar and Safinet el Qaytaa - Akkar citizens Hassan Youssef Mahmoud and Ahmad Vhaker Hamza for previously opening fire from combat weapons.

The arrested individuals were turned in along with the confiscated items to the relevant authorities in order to take the necessary measures.