Man Arrested for Smuggling Syrians into Lebanon
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The army arrested on Friday a Lebanese national on charges of smuggling Syrians into Lebanon, reported the National News Agency.
It said that it arrested Ahmed H. at the Ain al-Shaab checkpoint in the Bekaa town of Arsal.
LBCI television later identified him as Ahmed al-Hallani.
He is charged of smuggling Syrians from al-Qalamoun into Lebanon through Arsal.
NNA added that eight Syrians riding in a van were also detained.
It did not disclose the reasons for their arrest.
Arsal, a predominantly Sunni area, backs the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The town lies 12 kilometers from the border with Syria and has been used as a conduit for weapons and rebels to enter Syria, while also serving as a refuge for people fleeing the conflict.
The town has seen a massive influx of refugees in the past weeks as a result of the heavy fighting in Syria's al-Qalamoun.
14 March 2014, 12:28
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laughable wallah laughable....! An army of HA goes into Syria with full armament right under the eyes of the LAF and nothing happens.
14 March 2014, 13:06
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That's fun !
I would pay a prize for the guy who's smuggling Hezbollah into Syria. As long as they don't come back alive.
In fact, I would exchange each Hezbollah idiot with 10 syrians...
14 March 2014, 14:22
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Smuggling Syrians into Lebanon?! Yeh yeh yeh yeh, is this some kind of joke? Anyone can enter Lebanon, anyone, I believe those people were trying to smuggle Lebanese into Lebanon, ma heyk?
