Lebanon’s Information Branch, the intelligence unit of the Internal Security Forces, carried out ambushes and raids on different dates in Bourj al-Barajneh, Nabaa, Zouk, Ouzai, Tyre, Tripoli, Dekwaneh and Sabtiyeh, the General Directorate said on 10 November 2026.[1][2][3][4] The patrols arrested eight people from several drug-dealing networks caught in the act, and seized five motorcycles used in dealing.[5][2][3][4]

The eight include Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian nationals born between 1980 and 2008, several of them wanted on theft warrants or with drug or theft records.[1][3] The force said a large quantity of drugs was seized from them, listing among the items hashish, known in Lebanon as hashishat al-kif, marijuana and salvia alongside cocaine, baz, Captagon, pills of various colours and a white powder.[6][2][3][4] No weights were given for any of the drugs, and the substances include non-cannabis items that cannot be separated from the cannabis.[6][2][3]

At the home of one detained man, where the force said drugs were stored and packed, officers found more drugs, 13 motorcycles, a Kalashnikov rifle with five magazines, two service pistols with magazines, ammunition, a hunting rifle, five sensitive scales, 15 mobile phones, phone batteries and keys for various motorcycles.[6][2][3][4] Officers also seized cigarette-rolling papers, empty bags, papers, boxes and tools used to pack and consume drugs, as well as phones, sums of money and forged documents.[6][2][3][4]

The ministry said the eight confessed during investigation and were referred for legal action with the seized items on the instructions of the competent judiciary.[6][2][3][4]