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Information Branch raid in Bar Elias: tons of spoiled and expired food seized from a warehouse, sealed with red wax

17/12/2025

The General Directorate of Internal Security Forces – Public Relations Division issued

the following statement:

Information was received by the Information Branch regarding unidentified individuals selling spoiled and expired food products stored inside a warehouse in the Bekaa region.

Accordingly, the Branch’s specialized units initiated field and intelligence measures to locate the warehouse, which was found to be situated in the town of Bar Elias and operated by two Syrian nationals:

  • M. H. (born in 1996)

  • A. H. (born in 2001)

Orders were given to raid the warehouse and arrest those involved, in coordination with the judiciary.

On 15/12/2025, following continuous surveillance of the aforementioned warehouse, a force from the Branch carried out a swift raid, arrested the two aforementioned suspects, and seized several tons of expired food products (flour, nuts, children’s sweets, various spices, tomato paste, and other items). A machine used to falsify expiration dates on spoiled or expired products was also confiscated.

The detainees and the seized goods were handed over to a patrol from the Customs Police, and the warehouse was sealed with red wax pending inspection by representatives of the Ministries of Health and Economy.

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