Arrest Warrant Issued against Suspect for Smuggling Arms to Syria
Military Tribunal Judge Imad al-Zein interrogated on Tuesday a suspect on charges of smuggling arms and funds to the opposition in Syria.
An arrest warrant was issued against him for the charges.
The suspect is a member of a terrorist organization and he is wanted, along with 13 other Lebanese, Syria, Jordanian, Palestinian, and Algerian nationals, for carrying out contacts between residents in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp and Syrian opposition fighters, reported the National News Agency.
The 13 suspects remain at large.
The suspect, whose nationality was not revealed, is also involved in facilitating the recent escape of an Algerian Fatah al-Islam prisoner from Roumieh prison
The inmate was allowed safe passage to Syria by the suspect.
Several prison breaks from Roumieh jail had been reported over the past few years.
On November 1, Internal Security Forces thwarted a jail break attempt by a Fatah al-Islam inmate from Roumieh prison, who was planning to wear a black Islamic veil “chador” and climb down using a rope from bloc “B” that the Islamist inmates are held in.
In October, it was discovered that three Fatah al-Islam prisoners had fled the jail at least a month ago.
Sixteen security forces members have been detained in the scandal.
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