Truck Carrying Hidden Rockets Seized in Bekaa
A truck coming from Syria and carrying 10 hidden rockets was seized on Wednesday in the Bekaa.
"The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau seized a truck that carried 10 hidden 107 mm rockets,” LBCI television reported.
"The rockets were hidden in a secret place in the vehicle."
LBCI added that the driver was arrested.
It noted that he is a Lebanese national who hails from the border region of Wadi Khaled.
Future TV remarked that Grad rockets were found in the truck.
Meanwhile, MTV said that the Intelligence Bureau seized the rockets on Tuesday night.
On Sunday, a car containing five boxes of TNT, explosive material, fuses and detonators along with a device to remotely detonate it was found in the town of Naameh in the Shouf district of Mount Lebanon.
Reports said eight people, of Lebanese and Palestinian nationalities, were found involved in the scheme to detonate the booby-trapped car.
The same sources added that the suspects are believed to be supporters of Islamic cleric Ahmed al-Asir.
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