Three individuals suspected of stealing cars and transporting them into Syria have been arrested, the Internal Security Forces announced Tuesday. An ISF statement reported the agency arrested a suspect identified as M.A. in Beirut’s southern suburbs on June 14, after he allegedly stole the car he was driving from the Beshara Khoury neighborhood.
M.A. was carrying tools used for car thefts. After his arrest, the home of another suspect, identified as F.Y., was raided and him and his wife were arrested. Another vehicle allegedly used in the thefts was seized by the ISF.
While under interrogation, the suspects admitted to conducting more than 10 car thefts in Beirut and Mount Lebanon. “They also admitted to transporting the cars to the Bekaa to be smuggled into Syria,” the statement read, adding the suspects also admitted to using narcotics.
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