ISF Detains Two Kidnapping Gangs North of Beirut
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The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau detained two gangs formed to carry out abduction operations, the state-run National News Agency reported on Monday.
According to NNA, a joint force comprised of the intelligence bureau and Jounieh police department detained overnight a three-member gang for abducting citizen Georges Simon al-Hawa.
The gang is comprised of 30-year-old Abbas A. R., 44-year-old Sadeq D. and his wife Hasna, 44.
The kidnappers demanded a ransom in exchange for al-Hawa's, 61, freedom.
The suspects were seized in Jounieh, north of Beirut.
The same unit also detained in Tabarja, north of Beirut, 49-year-old Dani A. for forming a gang specialized with abduction.
The news agency said that the detainees were refereed to the competent judiciary.
Later, ISF General-Directorate issued a statement saying that “Jounieh Police Department obtained information that several people were plotting to abduct a business man by luring him to Oyoun al-Siman.”
“After carrying out the necessary investigations, the department was able to pursue the suspects and detain them in cooperation with the Intelligence Bureau,” the directorate.
The communique pointed out that the suspects, identified by their initials D. A. and A. D., confessed to the attempted kidnapping.
Lebanon has been witnessing a kidnapping spree targeting businessmen or investors, but the authorities have vowed to put an end to the phenomenon.
13 January 2014, 19:43
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tss, the cheap smearing campaign continues. have you guys got no life? dont you have anything else to do then ridicule yourselves here with your failed propaganda?
13 January 2014, 15:55
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100% @terrorist, after justice tries them and finds them guilty beyond reasonable doubt, the state should hang them. Only by dispensing the maximum penalties would we acquire our security. We all know that as of now they'll be incarcerated only to be quietly released back to freedom. Because they'll taste our flawed justice system, they'll only come back to commit even bigger crimes. Kidnapping and extortion are major crimes and do command the maximum in penalties. Hanging would be mild for such criminals.
