Army Arrests 5 People in Tripoli Raid

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The Lebanese army said on Thursday that it has arrested five individuals in the northern city of Tripoli's al-Beddawi area.

A military communique stated that during a raid on a sawmill and a grocery shop on Wednesday night, an army patrol apprehended two suspicious men.

It found rifles, guns, ammunition, mortar shells, hand grenades, telecommunications equipment and other military gear at the two locations, said the communique.

The same army unit arrested three people for the obstruction of justice and for assaulting the troops, it said.

The detainees and the seized material were handed over to the involved authorities to take necessary measures against them, the communique added.

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