The Lebanese authorities thwart an attempt to smuggle dozens of Syrians
ARK News… The Lebanese authorities thwarted an attempt to smuggle dozens of Syrians from northern Lebanon to the European coasts via illegal boats.
The Lebanese Army Command announced, in a statement issued by the Directorate of Orientation, that a patrol of the Intelligence Directorate arrested, on Saturday, in the northern town of Salaata, 5 Syrians for preparing an illegal immigration operation by sea for a number of people.
The army command said that it also stopped 49 Syrians, including women and children, at the Deir Ammar checkpoint in the north, after they were heading to the Batroun area with the intention of illegal immigration by sea to a European country.
The Central News Agency quoted sources as saying that the number of detainees reached 80, revealing that the authorities “were also able to stop two small trucks carrying 100 people in Minieh who were aiming to flee by sea.”
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