General Security Arrests Robbery, Currency Counterfeit Gangs

General Security has arrested several Lebanese and Syrians for forming robbery and currency counterfeiting gangs in the eastern Bekaa valley, the state-run National News Agency said.

NNA said General Security members apprehended two Lebanese and a Syrian on suspicion of robbing homes and farms in and around the town of Bar Elias.

The suspects have been referred to the judicial authorities, it said.

The agency's officers have also arrested four Syrians in the town of Forzol for using counterfeit foreign currency and smuggling them to Syria, NNA said.

General Security launched an investigation to find out more details about their crime.