ISF Arrests Pickpocketing Suspect in Mount Lebanon
The Internal Security Forces Directorate General – Public Relations Division issued the following statement:
As part of the daily efforts carried out by Internal Security Forces units to combat crime, particularly theft and pickpocketing incidents across various Lebanese regions, the Information Branch received intelligence regarding an individual involved in carrying out pickpocketing operations in Mount Lebanon.
A video circulating on social media had documented the suspect committing a pickpocketing operation in the Zouk Mosbeh area.
Following this, the branch’s specialized units launched field and intelligence operations to identify and arrest the suspect. After extensive investigations and surveillance, the suspect was identified as:
S.T. (born in 1994, Lebanese).
Following close monitoring, a patrol from the branch managed to arrest him in the Bourj Hammoud area while he was riding a black Sweet-brand motorcycle, which was seized.
During questioning, he confessed to carrying out multiple pickpocketing operations in areas across Mount Lebanon.
The necessary legal measures were taken against him, and he was referred, along with the seized items, to the relevant authorities upon the instructions of the competent judicial authorities.
