Report: Car Theft Gangs Sell Vehicles to Assailants to Carry out Bombings in Lebanon, Syria

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Car thefts in Lebanon have become a thriving business for sides seeking to carry out terrorist attacks in the country and abroad, said al-Joumhouria newspaper Thursday in a report examining this phenomenon.

Car theft has become an organized crime in Lebanon as a number of gangs that do not know each other carry out these crimes.

A car robbery starts with the thief who carries out an operation in any region in Lebanon, transports the vehicles to Beirut or a predetermined delivery place, before a second person hands it over to the Bekaa region.

There, it is handed over to a third person, who delivers it to a stolen car dealer in the Bekaa town of Brital, who in turn sends the vehicle to “a certain Syrian side.”

In Syria, the buyer of the vehicle is a “major international player known as Abu Uday,” reported al-Joumhouria.

He showcases the majority of the stolen cars in a large yard in Yabrud.

Abu Uday sells the stolen vehicles to any buyer, whether they be of the Syrian rebels or regime.

Buyers also include Jordanians, Gulf nationals, and other Arabs, added al-Joumhouria.

The cars purchased from Abu Uday are booby-trapped to be used in Syria, Lebanon, or any other country.

Brital serves as a main center for the hand over of vehicles before delivering them to Syria.

If the car is being delivered to an area controlled by the Syrian regime, then the Brital merchants themselves send them to the area.

If the destination is controlled by Syrian rebels, then the merchants turn to traders from the Bekaa town of Arsal.

The gangs themselves are “highly professional even though the majority of the robbers are arrested,” continued al-Joumhouria.

Moreover, each gang is specialized in robbing a certain type of car.

The chassis of the stolen vehicle is not changed due to the robber's time constraints and because it is directly smuggled to Syria.

This is demonstrated after a car bombing where security forces manage to uncover the chassis number of the vehicle used in the attack.

Al-Joumhouria said that 15 professional gangs exist in Brital, as well as a number of smaller ones

Each gang acts independently from the other, but they are all controlled by one leader, who hails from Brital.

He alone knows the details of the car robberies, who delivers the cars, transports them to the Bekaa, and smuggles them to Syria.

The leader does not allow the members of the gangs to interact with each other because should one of them be caught, he would not be able to uncover the other accomplices.

Al-Joumhouria discussed the details of security forces raids against these gangs in Brital, saying that more than 70 percent of these security operations are a success.

Comments 9
Thumb popeye 27 February 2014, 09:43

Who else deals in car theft but HA and its supporters!

Thumb geha 27 February 2014, 11:03

to All:

According to several reports starting to come up today (please follow up on this) what I said yesterday is concretizing.
the 185 Syrians who died yesterday are part of a massacre done by hizbushaitan (the baby killers) and the Syrian regime forces in order to ethnically cleanse the area there.

Thumb geha 27 February 2014, 11:28

Absolutely wrong ft :)
getting to the truth takes time idiot Iranian traitor baby killer as all of your fellows in m8 ....

Thumb popeye 27 February 2014, 13:09

You have zero credibility and you lack decency.

I await the day when I will read ONE meaningful post, ONE counter argument, ONE credible or mature info from you,-_Flamethrower_- , but alas!

Thumb Senescence 27 February 2014, 14:19

Naharnet, I fail to understand why my previous post was deleted. It did not infringe upon any of the criteria set by Naharnet as to what exactly constitutes as an appropriate post (http://www.naharnet.com/terms_of_service).

Again, Jerry, I disagree. See here: (SOHR) https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe/posts/494403874001289
IF also confirmed the ambush of rebel fighters. There are a couple of videos as well in which I fail to find a teddy-bear, but weapons, ammo, military insignia, and other clues as to the nature of the dead are evident.

Thumb _mowaten_ 27 February 2014, 15:48

lol, i have a pet following me around, it's cute.

the video is right up here in my previous, so thanks for showing everyone how much of a pathetic liar you are.

Missing peace 27 February 2014, 15:48

and not a single weapon anywhere nearby the bodies.... LOL

Thumb ice-man 27 February 2014, 09:48

Baalbeck? Brital? Abu Abbas? Gangs? Car theft?

Thumb FlameCatcher 27 February 2014, 16:23

Maybe we should all place bombs in our cars and blow them up whenever they get stolen :) This way, we would blow up Britel n co into the stone age... !

The same way we have "find my phone" on iphones... we can "find my car" with an option to blow it up !