28-11-2024 10:28 PM Jerusalem Timing

3 Lebanese, 6 Syrians Charged with Smuggling Weapons to Syria

State commissioner to the military court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Monday three Lebanese and six Syrians with smuggling weapons to Syria through al-Qaa border town

Weapons smuggling to SyriaState commissioner to the military court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Monday three Lebanese and six Syrians with smuggling weapons to Syria through al-Qaa border town, Lebanese Naharnet website reported Monday.

The National News Agency reported that four out of the six Syrians were detained and one Lebanese remains at large.

According to the NNA, the Lebanese army confiscated two trucks loaded with weapons.

Saqr referred them to the first Military Examining Magistrate.

Syria’s state-run news agency SANA reported over the weekend that Syrian authorities foiled an attempt by an “armed terrorist group” to infiltrate Syria from Lebanon.

The news agency also reported that the Syrian forces confiscated “Dushka machine-gun, automatic rifles, explosives and bombs.”

Lebanon and Syria share a 330-kilometer border but have yet to agree on official demarcation.