Army seizes truck carrying guns in Batroun after it catches fire
A truck carrying oils went up in flames Monday in the Batroun town of Basbina after which it turned out that it was also carrying 304 smuggled pistols, the army said on Tuesday.
The guns were hidden above the engine along with a quantity of magazines, the army said in a statement, adding that it has arrested a number of individuals suspected of being involved in the smuggling operation.
“The army searched the other trucks that had arrived along with this truck aboard a ship to the Port of Tripoli,” the statement said, adding that no arms or contraband material were found in the other trucks.
A senior judicial source had told Agence France Presse on Monday that the truck belongs to a Palestinian resident of the Mieh Mieh Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon.
The source added that the guns arrived aboard a ship that came from Turkey.
Source: Naharnet
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