Four people were arrested over the weekend for engaging in terrorist activity the Lebanese Army said in a statement Sunday.

Four people were arrested over the weekend for engaging in terrorist activity the Lebanese Army said in a statement Sunday.

A Lebanese man and two Syrians were arrested in the Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik, and a man identified as Ahmed Qahwaji was arrested in the Beirut suburb of Sabra over terrorist links, the statement said.

The statement said that Mohammad Ali Shukkor, who has two arrest warrants against him for terrorist activity, was arrested in Haret Hreik, accompanied by Syrian nationals Ahmed Rahmo Sattouf and Ghossoun Ibrahim al-Hussein. Money and counterfeit bank checks in Shukkor's possession were confiscated.

The Army said that Qahwaji was wanted for several shooting incidents and terrorist activity. Cannabis and other drugs were confiscated from his home in Sabra's Hay al-Gharabi.