Army Seizes Large Arms Cache at Depot Rented by Syrian Man in Akkar
The Army Intelligence and State Security forces discovered in the northern region of Akkar on Wednesday a warehouse storing weapons, reported the National News Agency.
The army and security forces raided the warehouse, which was being rented by a Syrian refugee.
The warehouse, located in the outskirts of the town of Aidamoun in the northern region of al-Qoubaiyat, stored grad rockets, rocket-propelled grenades, machineguns, sniper rifles, and various explosives.
Later on Wednesday, the Army Command said in a statement: “As part of efforts to preserve security and stability and combat all forms of crime, an army patrol raided a deserted house in the outskirts of the town of Aidamoun in Akkar, which turned out to be an arms depot being rented by Syrian national Wael Abdul Karim.”
Six mortars and eight mortar shells of various calibers, a Grad rocket, two heavy machineguns, two sniper rifles, 23 anti-personnel landmines, ammunition of various types and a large quantity of gunpowder were found in the storehouse, according to the army statement.
The owner of the apartment, its tenant and other Syrian and Lebanese citizens were arrested in connection with the discovery, a security source told Agence France Presse.
Meanwhile, Aidamoun's municipality issued a statement condemning the presence of a weapons cache in the town, disavowing “any person convicted of committing such acts.”
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