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    The Information Branch cracks down on a dangerous gang targeting shops and commercial establishments in Beirut and Mount Lebanon and arrests one of its members.

    13/9/2026

    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 in violation of the law throughout Lebanon, and following a recent increase in break-ins and burglaries targeting shops and commercial establishments by unidentified masked individuals in several areas of Beirut and Mount Lebanon, specialized units of the Information Branch intensified their field and intelligence operations to identify and arrest the members of the gang responsible.

    A video showing members of the gang carrying out one of these burglaries in the Hazmieh area had also circulated on social media.

    Following extensive field investigations and inquiries, the Information Branch succeeded in identifying the gang members, including:

    • M. Sh. (born in 1996, Lebanese national), who has a prior criminal record for theft.

    On 22 August 2026, following close surveillance, a Branch patrol spotted him in the Labweh area and arrested him while he was aboard a Dacia bearing only one license plate. The vehicle was seized and placed under judicial impoundment.

    A search of the suspect and the vehicle resulted in the seizure of a handgun, a magazine, and 13 live rounds of ammunition.

    During questioning, the suspect admitted that, together with other accomplices, he had carried out numerous break-ins involving the theft of safes from shops and commercial establishments, using several vehicles, including a black Golf, a grey Honda, and a white van.

    The burglaries were carried out in several areas of Beirut and Mount Lebanon, including Hazmieh, Dekwaneh, Airport Road, Ouzai, Raouche, Hadath, Chiyah, and Corniche el-Mazraa.

    He also stated that one of his accomplices had carried out several thefts using the aforementioned Honda in Sidon and its surrounding areas, and that he had purchased the handgun found in his possession from an individual in the Arsal area.

    The necessary legal measures were taken against the suspect, who was detained and referred, together with the seized items, to the competent authority pursuant to judicial instructions.

    Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the remaining members of the gang.

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