Officer, Civilians Held for Trying to Smuggle Arms to Syria

Security forces on Thursday evening arrested a Lieutenant Colonel and two civilians on charges of arms trade, state-run National News Agency reported on Friday, noting that the three men were arrested between Beirut and the Bekaa.

The Lieutenant Colonel hails from Western Bekaa, NNA said.

Meanwhile, security sources told al-Manar television that “the officer arrested by the army intelligence was seeking to buy weapons to smuggle them to Syria.”

“The officer is a Major and the son of a retired Major General who hails from the town of Majdal Anjar. He was arrested in a Beirut suburb with $50,000 in his possession,” the sources added.