Nine Individuals Charged with Smuggling Arms to Syria
Nine people have been charged with smuggling arms to Syria, announced the National News Agency on Friday.
State commissioner to the military court Judge Saqr Saqr also charged them for the possession of arms and smuggling and trafficking weapons to Syria.
Two of the suspects are in police custody, while the rest remain at large.
Saqr also charged six individuals for forming an armed group aimed at carrying out terrorist acts.
They have been found guilty of conducting trainings aimed at attacking military institutions, added NNA.
None of the nationalities of the accused have been disclosed.
In February, Lebanese authorities detained two Lebanese nationals on charges of smuggling weapons into Syria through the eastern border town of Arsal.
The examining magistrate issued arrest warrants against them on charges of smuggling weapons to Syria.
Earlier that month, the army had searched northern villages bordering Syria following information it received about the presence of armed groups that allegedly belong to the Free Syrian Army.
According to media reports, the army had detained a number of suspects and is conducting investigations with them.
The poorly-demarcated Syrian-Lebanese border has witnessed a number of violations since the revolt against Syrian President Bashar Assad began in mid-March.
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