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The mastermind of an armed motorcycle-robbery gang, responsible for more than 100 thefts, was arrested by the Information Division in a high-level operation in the southern suburb.

27/11/2025

As part of the daily follow-up carried out by the Internal Security Forces units to limit armed robberies in various Lebanese regions, the Information Division received intelligence about a gang carrying out armed motorcycle thefts in several areas of the Mount Lebanon and Beirut governorates.

Accordingly, the specialized units within the division began field and intelligence operations to identify the gang members and arrest them.

As a result of investigations and surveillance, they succeeded in identifying the suspects, including the mastermind:

  • B. M. (born in 2006, unregistered), who has a criminal record for robbery and several judicial warrants issued against him.

On 29-10-2025, after precise monitoring, one of the division’s patrols managed to arrest him in the southern suburb while he was riding a blue G R motorcycle without a license plate. The motorcycle was seized, along with a handgun found in his possession.

He confessed to his criminal activity involving motorcycle thefts and stated that, together with another individual, he carried out more than one hundred armed motorcycle robberies in the following areas: Jounieh, Kaslik, Sports City, Mar Elias, UNESCO Roundabout, Dora, Ramleh Al-Bayda, and Costa Brava. He also admitted that they used to sell the stolen motorcycles to a person in the Shatila camp and split the proceeds, and that the handgun seized was used in the robberies. He further confessed to drug use.

The necessary legal procedures were taken against him, and he, along with the seized items, was handed over to the competent authority upon the direction of the relevant judiciary. Efforts are ongoing to arrest his accomplice.

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