BEIRUT – Two men were arrested for transporting arms in east Lebanon over the weekend and three others were detained in Mount Lebanon after a raid of their residence turned up a large stash of weapons, reported The Lebanon Star Sunday. In east Lebanon, the Lebanese Army detained a Lebanese and a Syrian national trying to transport weapons, the National News Agency said over the weekend. The agency said the Army's Military Intelligence arrested the Syrian national – a member from the Kahloun family – and Lebanese Ahmad A.D – from the border village of Tfeil – while they were transporting weapons, silencers, ammunition and a sniper rifle in Brital, Baalbek. In Chouf, Mount Lebanon, the Army said in a statement Saturday it arrested three individuals after a raid of their whereabouts revealed a stash of a variety of weapons. Over 1,200 fuses were found in the raid, including electric fuses and Israel-made landmine fuses. U.S. and Russian-made anti-personal mines, Israel-made mortar bombs and 21 grenades were discovered in the search. Forty-seven blocks of explosives, some weighing between 200 grams and 250 grams and others weighing between 400 grams and 500 grams, and guns were also found. — SG
