Army Intercepts Two Vehicles Carrying Arms in al-Qaa
The army intercepted two vehicles carrying arms in the Bekaa border town of al-Qaa and detained four Lebanese and six Syrian nationals, local newspapers reported on Wednesday.
An Nahar daily said that the army discovered a van and a pickup truck that were carrying arms and confiscated a number of machine guns, grenades, and a grad rocket.
According to al-Joumhouria newspaper the four Lebanese were identified as: Ibrahim Rayed, Abdul Karim Rayed, Hassan Ezzedine, and Ibrahim Ezzedine.
The daily noted that the four Lebanese are from the eastern town of Arsal.
The Syrians were identified as: Youssef Saeed, Bilal al-Masri, Hussein Hammad, Mahmoud al-Asaad, Mouheddine al-Zouhouri, while the sixth person remained unidentified.
Al-Joumhouria said that the detainees were referred to the Ablah military base.
Conflicting reports on whether Syrian security forces infiltrated al-Qaa emerged on Monday.
President Michel Suleiman denied on Wednesday in remarks published in An Nahar that the Syrian forces infiltrated the Lebanese territory.
The army deployed along the border to prevent any penetration of armed groups into the Lebanon.
Lebanon and Syria share a 330-kilometer border but have yet to agree on official demarcation.
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