Gang Arrested in Bekaa for Smuggling Syrians into Lebanon
State security forces in the Bekaa arrested on Saturday a gang for smuggling Syrians into Lebanon, reported the National News Agency.
It said that the three-member gang was smuggling Syrians into Lebanon through the Rashaya region.
The state security forces also arrested six Syrians for not having any legal papers as the gang was trying to illegally enter them into Lebanon.
The smuggling of people and weapons has grown in the Bekaa since the eruption of the conflict in Syria in March 2011.
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