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ISF Seizes 20kg of Captagon at Beirut International Airport

This is Beirut, 22/08 21:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Internal Security Forces (ISF) thwarted a drug smuggling attempt at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport on Friday, confiscating about 20 kilograms of Captagon pills. According to an ISF statement, the narcotics were discovered with four Turkish nationals preparing to travel to Kuwait. The drugs had been strapped to their bodies with ...

Sexual Harassment During School Outing: Minor Arrested, Park Sealed by Authorities

This is Beirut, 23/05 12:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Following a sexual harassment incident involving several children during a school activity, the park where the incident occurred was sealed on Friday by judicial order from the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal Prosecutor, Judge Mohammad Barakat. Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Thursday the arrest of a minor suspected of ...

Aoun Visits ISF and GS Directorates to Reinforce Institutional Independence

This Is Beirut, 03/04 15:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun conducted an inspection tour of the General Directorates of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) and General Security (GS) on Thursday. Accompanied by Minister of the Interior Ahmad Hajjar, Aoun reaffirmed the crucial role of security institutions in maintaining national stability and emphasized the need to safeguard ...

Six Kilograms of Drugs Seized at Beirut Airport

This is Beirut, 07/03 19:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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Six kilograms of Captagon were seized at Beirut airport, in the suitcases of two Syrians. In a statement issued on Friday, the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced that a unit of the airport control brigade “seized overnight around 6 kg of Captagon tablets, concealed in aluminum foil, as if they were chocolate ...

Mastermind Behind Drug Network in Khaldeh and Haret Hreik Arrested

ici, 2023-12-31 17:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In a significant breakthrough against drug trafficking operations in Lebanon, the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced the success of an operation that targeted a network involved in storing, packaging, distributing and trafficking drugs in Mount Lebanon. The prime focus of the operation was on M.H. (born in 1994, ...

Ethiopian Woman Found Dead in Souk al-Ahad, the Presumed Murderer Arrested

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-30 15:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Saturday that they apprehended H.A., a Sudanese individual born in 1993, on December 22 in Furn el-Chebbak. He is suspected to be the perpetrator of the heinous crime against L.N., a young Ethiopian woman born in 1989, whose lifeless body was discovered on December 16 in a dumpster in Souk ...

ISF Launches Awareness Campaign Against Drunk Driving Ahead of NYE

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-28 21:33 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Internal Security Forces (ISF), in cooperation with the Syndicate of Owners of Restaurants, Cafés, Night-Clubs and Pastries in Lebanon, launched an awareness campaign on Thursday against "the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol," ahead of New Year’s Eve. In a statement, the General Directorate of the ISF indicated that its ...

ISF Foils Smuggling Operation of 38 Syrian Nationals by Sea

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-03 19:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Internal Security Forces (ISF) raided a building in the Wadi al-Rihan area in Akkar on Thursday, apprehending 38 individuals of Syrian nationality, including 5 minors. These individuals were hiding in the building, awaiting their smuggling to Europe via death boats when the ISF caught them, according to a statement by the General ...

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