Lebanese Military examining magistrate Judge Fadi Sawan issued arrest warrants against three Syrians on charges of arms trade, the National News Agency reported Thursday.

Lebanese Military examining magistrate Judge Fadi Sawan issued arrest warrants against three Syrians on charges of arms trade, the National News Agency reported Thursday.

NNA said Sawan questioned two Syrians and issued the warrants against them.

He also issued an arrest warrant in absentia against another Syrian.

NNA said the three men work in Saudi Arabia and collect financial aid from their compatriots working in the Gulf country.

They are using the money to buy weapons from the owner of a farm in the eastern Lebanese town of Ersal to send them to Syria, the news agency added.

The weapons include Rocket Propelled Grenades and machineguns.

On Monday, security authorities at Beirut International Airport arrested a Syrian national accused of smuggling weapons. His other accomplice was arrested last week.

They both admitted to the charges of arms trade.