Lebanese army says it seized arms depot in Beirut's southern suburbs
Lebanese army says it seized arms depot in Beirut's southern suburbs The Lebanese army said on Friday it had raided an arms depot in Beirut's southern suburbs and arrested one person. The army carried out "a special security operation after close monitoring of the transportation and trade of weapons", targeting an "arms depot in the Msharrafieh area of the southern suburbs", it said in a…
The Lebanese army has recently confiscated a significant quantity of weapons and ammunition following a raid on a warehouse in the southern suburb of Beirut. According to a statement posted on X, the army's intelligence directorate conducted a high-level security operation after monitoring arms trafficking and smuggling activities closely.
The raid targeted a warehouse in the Al-Mushrifieh area, where a large cache of weapons and ammunition was discovered. One Lebanese national was arrested during the operation. The seized items have been handed over to relevant authorities, and an investigation has begun under judicial supervision.
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