ISF Detains Two Kidnapping Gangs North of Beirut
The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau detained two gangs formed to carry out abduction operations, the state-run National News Agency reported on Monday.
According to NNA, a joint force comprised of the intelligence bureau and Jounieh police department detained overnight a three-member gang for abducting citizen Georges Simon al-Hawa.
The gang is comprised of 30-year-old Abbas A. R., 44-year-old Sadeq D. and his wife Hasna, 44.
The kidnappers demanded a ransom in exchange for al-Hawa's, 61, freedom.
The suspects were seized in Jounieh, north of Beirut.
The same unit also detained in Tabarja, north of Beirut, 49-year-old Dani A. for forming a gang specialized with abduction.
The news agency said that the detainees were refereed to the competent judiciary.
Later, ISF General-Directorate issued a statement saying that “Jounieh Police Department obtained information that several people were plotting to abduct a business man by luring him to Oyoun al-Siman.”
“After carrying out the necessary investigations, the department was able to pursue the suspects and detain them in cooperation with the Intelligence Bureau,” the directorate.
The communique pointed out that the suspects, identified by their initials D. A. and A. D., confessed to the attempted kidnapping.
Lebanon has been witnessing a kidnapping spree targeting businessmen or investors, but the authorities have vowed to put an end to the phenomenon.
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