The Lebanese army has thwarted an attempt to smuggle people and illegal immigration by sea towards Cyprus, which included 69 people with Syrian nationality.
The Lebanese army stated - in a statement today, Sunday, that an army force, backed by a unit of the Military Intelligence Service, managed to thwart the smuggling of people across the sea and stopped in the Arida area at Sheikh Zinad beach in Akkar governorate (the far north of Lebanon). 69 Syrians were intending to move illegally. To Cyprus via the sea.
The army added that it was able to arrest the person in charge of the smuggling operation, who was found to have received sums of money for the people who were being smuggled, indicating that all the accused in the incident had been referred to the competent court to take legal action against them.
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