Solh and Sakr Referred to Judiciary for 'Selling, Purchasing Nitrates'

Saadallah al-Solh – owner of the ammonium nitrate truck seized in Bekaa – was referred to the competent judiciary, along with Maroun al-Sakr and two Syrian workers, the army said Tuesday.

The army added that al-Solh had bought the dangerous chemical in March from Maroun al-Sakr and the two Syrian workers had transported the nitrates.

The four have been referred to the judiciary “for their involvement in the sale, purchase, storage and transportation of prohibited substances.”

The statement also denied what some media outlets had reported about the course of the investigation “based on alleged military sources” and stressed the importance of adhering to the official statements issued and published by the Army.

Security forces had raided earlier this month a fertilizer warehouse in the eastern Bekaa Valley and seized 20 tons of ammonium nitrate stored inside a truck owned by al-Solh.