Army Raids Tripoli Arms Depot
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The Lebanese army said on Friday that it seized mortar shells and explosives during a night raid in the northern city of Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh area.
A military communique said an army unit raided a depot at the grocery market on Thursday night after receiving information that militants had stashed weapons there.
The troops seized 50 mortar shells, other rockets, 25 kilograms of explosives, in addition to equipment and military gear during the raid, said the communique.
The seized materials were handed over to the appropriate authorities and an investigation was launched, it added.
On Thursday, the army said it had arrested five individuals in Tripoli's al-Beddawi area where it found rifles, guns, ammunition, mortar shells, hand grenades, telecommunications equipment and other military gear.
G.K.
H.K.
17 April 2015, 09:46
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according to mowaten, the above quantity hardly qualifies for a hunting trip
17 April 2015, 11:06
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No i say the entire report is false, it cannot be true. "Everybody knows" that only Hezbollah has weapons.
17 April 2015, 13:55
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as long as your militia keep holding on to their weapons there will be nonstop hunt for weapons. You trust no one and no one is going to trust you.
17 April 2015, 11:24
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God bless the Lebanese Army for it is doing a great job. Yalla, little by little and soon enough the State of Lebanon shall regain its full authority over every bit of the land, and good riddance to all those who carry weapons other than the state.
