Drug Dealers Arrested in Mount Lebanon
Police have cracked down on two drug dealers in the Mount Lebanon districts of Jbeil and Keserwan, the Internal Security Forces said on Wednesday.
ISF police said that illegal “drug trade has spiraled in Mount Lebanon, mainly in Keserwan and Jbeil, which prompted intensive investigations that led to the arrest of the drug dealers on Tuesday,” an ISF statement said.
The two suspects, who turned out to be brothers, were arrested while driving through al-Safra area aboard a Jeep Cherokee Laredo.
Police have “confiscated the vehicle which contained 20g of cocaine placed in 20 envelopes, 223g of heroine in 71 envelopes, another 43g of cocaine in one envelope, a pistol, 4 mobile phones, an identity card that matched non of the suspects, $1530 cash money and LBP140000 in addition to a laptop,” added the statement.
The suspects admitted that they were promoting drugs in the areas of Keserwan and Jbeil and in the vicinity of the Casino du Liban for the benefit of a third man who was identified by his initials as Aa.A. They said they got the drugs from the Hammoudieh town and sometimes from a man nicknamed al-Khal.
Efforts are ongoing to arrest the rest of the ring.
Source: Naharnet
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