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 various forms of crime, the Information Branch obtained information about a gang involved in burglaries targeting homes and commercial establishments by breaking and entering in several areas of the Mount Lebanon Governorate. Following this information, the Branch’s specialized units launched field and intelligence operations to identify and apprehend the gang members. Extensive investigations revealed that the gang members used a Kia Picanto to carry out their burglaries. The Branch also succeeded in identifying several members of the gang, including: J. A. (born in 1986, Syrian national) J. M. (born in 1988, Syrian national). On 5 August 2026, following close surveillance and monitoring, a Branch patrol arrested the first suspect in the Sehayleh area. During questioning, he admitted to the allegations against him. He confessed that, in coordination with the second suspect and accompanied by another individual who remains at large, he had carried out numerous break-ins and burglaries targeting offices and commercial establishments in several areas of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, particularly in Metn and Kesrouan, including Jdeideh and Zouk Mosbeh. It was also established that he had entered Lebanon illegally. The second suspect also admitted to the allegations against him and acknowledged that he had agreed with the first suspect to receive a sum of money in exchange for participating in the burglaries. The mobile phone he used to coordinate with the first suspect was also seized. The necessary legal measures were taken against both detainees. Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the remaining individuals involved in the burglaries.

25/8/2026

The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces – Public Relations Division issued the following statement: As part of the ongoing efforts by specialized Internal Security Forces units to track down and apprehend perpetrators of crimes across Lebanon, the Mount Lebanon Investigation Detachment of the Territorial Gendarmerie Unit received information regarding the whereabouts of an individual suspected of carrying out several motorcycle thefts in various areas of Beirut’s southern suburbs. Following investigative efforts, a patrol from the Detachment succeeded in arresting him on 3 August 2026 in the Al-Qaem area of Beirut’s southern suburbs. He was identified as: M. T. (born in 1993, Lebanese national), who is wanted by the judiciary under several judicial warrants. A search of the suspect revealed tools used in thefts in his possession. The detainee and the seized items were handed over to the competent unit for the necessary legal action, pursuant to the instructions of the competent judicial authority.

24/8/2026

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