The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces – Public Relations Division issued the following statement: On 23 August 2026, following extensive investigations and inquiries, the Sidon Judicial Detachment of the Judicial Police Unit arrested: D. H. (born in 1982, Lebanese national), on charges of fraud. She has a criminal record for fraud, forgery, and issuing bad checks. During questioning, she admitted to the allegations against her. She acknowledged that she had deceived her victims by claiming that she could secure enrollment forms for various programs at private institutes. She would collect sums of money from them in return and then disappear. Accordingly, and pursuant to the instructions of the competent judicial authority, the Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces is circulating her photograph and asks anyone who has fallen victim to her activities to report to the Sidon Judicial Detachment, located in Haret Saida – Mar Elias Hill, or to call 07-754308 or 07-729147, so that the necessary legal procedures can be taken.

24/8/2026

The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces – Public Relations Division issued the following statement: As part of the Internal Security Forces’ ongoing efforts to combat crime across Lebanon, the Information Branch obtained information about unidentified individuals involved in facilitating prostitution in the Metn and Kesrouan areas. They were also abducting women working in prostitution and demanding payments from their operators in exchange for their release. Following this information, the Branch’s specialized units intensified their field and technical operations to identify and apprehend those involved. Investigations led to the identification of several suspects, including: D. A. (born in 1984, Lebanese national), who has a criminal record and is wanted under several judicial warrants; M. A. (born in 1982, Lebanese national). On 23 July 2026, following close surveillance and monitoring, a Branch patrol arrested both suspects in the Mansourieh area while they were aboard a dark grey Kia, which was seized. During the arrest, they attempted to resist the officers, requiring the use of necessary force to bring them under control and apprehend them. During questioning, the first suspect admitted to working with others to facilitate prostitution and transporting women to hotels on behalf of several individuals, including: M. H. (born in 1994, Lebanese national). He also admitted to firing firearms. The second suspect admitted that he was aware of the first suspect’s involvement in transporting women and that he had accompanied him on several occasions, but denied any involvement in the abductions or demands for money. Both suspects also admitted to using drugs, specifically “Baz Cocaine.” During questioning, M. H. admitted to working with others to extort money from individuals operating rival prostitution networks in several areas of Mount Lebanon. They would lure women working for those networks by falsely claiming that clients were waiting for them. When the women arrived at the hotel designated as the meeting place, the suspects would stop the vehicle transporting them, take the woman’s phone, and instruct the driver to contact the person she worked for and inform them that she was being held until a payment of between US$500 and US$1,500 was made. The women were held in buildings or hotels in several areas, including Hazmieh, Mansourieh, Tabarja, Jounieh, Ghazir, Ain el-Remmaneh, Chiyah, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Zalka, and Antelias. The necessary legal measures were taken against the suspects, and they were referred, together with the seized vehicle, to the competent authority pursuant to judicial instructions. Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the remaining individuals involved.

24/8/2026

The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces – Public Relations Division issued the following statement: As part of the Internal Security Forces’ ongoing efforts to track down and apprehend individuals wanted by the judiciary, a patrol from the Halba Judicial Detachment of the Judicial Police Unit arrested the following individual on 23 August 2026: J. D. (born in 1986, Lebanese national), nicknamed “Doctor Food,” who is wanted under two judicial warrants—an apprehension warrant and an arrest warrant—for a drug-related offence. His arrest came after a month of investigations and surveillance, during a carefully planned raid on his residence in the Rahbeh – Akkar area. It should be noted that the suspect would film his content and then deliberately leave his place of residence, frequently changing the vehicles and phone numbers he used in an attempt to evade surveillance and prevent the authorities from locating him. However, following continued investigative efforts, the competent unit succeeded in locating and arresting him. The necessary legal measures were taken against him, and he was referred to the competent authority pursuant to judicial instructions.

23/8/2026

The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces – Public Relations Division issued the following statement: On 21 August 2026, the body of an unidentified man, in an advanced state of decomposition and with facial features no longer clearly recognizable, was found in the Choueifat area near Spot Mall. The body was transferred to the morgue at Baabda Governmental Hospital. Description: A man in his thirties, wearing tight camouflage-patterned (“Marines”) trousers and a black jacket. Accordingly, and pursuant to the instructions of the competent judicial authority, the Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces asks his relatives or anyone with information that may help identify him to contact the Choueifat Police Station of the Territorial Gendarmerie Unit at 05-533140, so that the necessary legal procedures can be completed prior to the release of the body to his family.

23/8/2026