5/12/2024
The Directorate General of the ISF, Public Relations Department, has published the following notification:
In the framework of the daily following up work carried out by the ISF, in order to pursue the wanted persons by the authorities, all over the Lebanese regions, specialized units have intensified their field efforts with the aim of localize and arrest them.
Further intensive investigations and inquiries, the Information Department has succeeded to localize one of them, and he is wanted by virtue of a warrant of arrest, for crime of traffic of persons, and he is named:
(B. M born on 1993, Lebanese)
Also, it appears that he is a member of a gang that has kidnapped young men from the region of Bib nine further convincing them about the possibility of their smuggling in an illegal way across the sea, in order to demand further one a ransom from their parents in exchange of their liberation.
On 28-11-2024, and further a delicate tracking and control operation, one of the Department patrols has succeeded to arrest him by means of a well confiscated ambush.
We have taken the right legal measures against him, and he has been conducted to the concerned authorities upon its request.
The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces – Public Relations Division issued the following statement: On 27 July 2026, a Syrian national reported that two unidentified individuals had entered his home in the Saadiyat area and stolen a safe containing approximately US$8,000. The competent Internal Security Forces units immediately launched field and intelligence operations to identify and apprehend the two individuals involved in the theft. Following investigations and inquiries, the Information Branch succeeded in identifying them as: A. M. (born in 2003, Syrian national); W. R. (born in 2003, Syrian national). On 13 August 2026, following close surveillance and monitoring, Branch patrols arrested the two suspects simultaneously in the Ouzai and Tayouneh areas. A search of the suspects resulted in the seizure of a sum of money, two mobile phones, a utility knife, a silver-colored chain, and a bracelet. During questioning, the first suspect admitted to carrying out the theft at the second suspect’s request, while the latter also admitted to the allegations against him. The necessary legal measures were taken against both suspects, and they were referred, together with the seized items, to the competent authority pursuant to judicial instructions.
29/8/2026
The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces – Public Relations Division issued the following statement: A contracting company will carry out road rehabilitation and paving works along the road extending from the Al-Marامل downhill section, at the Al-Mahdi Schools intersection, toward Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport. The first phase of the project will involve milling the existing asphalt layer on Saturday and Sunday, 29 and 30 August 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The works will begin at the Al-Mahdi Schools Bridge and proceed toward the intersection leading to Al-Ahed Stadium. The road will remain open to traffic, as work will be carried out on one lane only. Citizens are kindly requested to take note and comply with the instructions of Internal Security Forces personnel and the traffic signs installed at the site, in order to facilitate traffic flow and prevent congestion.
28/8/2026
The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces – Public Relations Division issued the following statement: A contracting company will carry out road-marking works according to the following phases: Phase One: From the Salim Salam downhill section, in front of Look In stores, to the intersection with the new diversion. Phase Two: From Al-Zawiya Restaurant to Cola – van parking area. The works will be carried out on Saturday and Sunday, 29 and 30 August 2026, from 9:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. the following morning. These works will require the closure of traffic coming from the Salim Salam Tunnel toward the diversion. Traffic will be redirected right toward Mazraa Street, then left toward Patriarch Ephrem Barsoum Street, continuing to Corniche el-Mazraa. Citizens are kindly requested to take note and comply with the instructions of Internal Security Forces personnel and the traffic signs installed at the site, in order to facilitate traffic flow and prevent congestion.
28/8/2026
The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces – Public Relations Division issued the following statement: 1- As part of the Internal Security Forces’ ongoing efforts to track down and apprehend individuals wanted by the judiciary, and following field and intelligence operations, the Information Branch succeeded in locating an individual wanted for drug-related offences in the Saadiyat area. He was identified as: N. M. (born in 1993, Palestinian national), who is wanted under four arrest warrants for drug-related offences. On 8 August 2026, following close surveillance and monitoring, a Branch patrol arrested him in the aforementioned area in a carefully planned ambush, while he was riding a green motorcycle without license plates, which was seized. A search of the suspect resulted in the seizure of a quantity of hashish. 2- In a separate operation, following close surveillance and monitoring, the Branch succeeded in locating another wanted individual in Hadath – Baabda. He was identified as: A. A. Z. (born in 2004, Lebanese national), who has a criminal record for theft and shooting offences and is wanted under five judicial warrants for murder, drug-related offences, and assaulting military personnel. On 13 August 2026, a Branch patrol arrested him in the same area while he was riding a black motorcycle without license plates, which was seized. A search of the suspect resulted in the seizure of a handgun with three magazines and 44 live rounds of ammunition. The necessary legal measures were taken against both detainees, and they were handed over to the competent units pursuant to the instructions of the competent judicial authority.
28/8/2026
