ISF detains two men suspected of stealing oil from disused Tripoli pipeline
L'Orient Today /
06 December 2021 11:26
, updated at
11:40
Oil flows from a disused pipeline in the village of Saadine in North Lebanon. (Credit: Michel Hallak/L'Orient Today)
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces on Monday morning arrested a father and son on the outskirts of Saadine village in North Lebanon on suspicion of stealing oil stored in a non-operational pipeline that is connected to the oil installations in Tripoli.
Here’s what we know:
• According to L’Orient Today’s correspondent in the area, the ISF seized the two men who were using a van that contained a tank and the tools that could have been used for the theft.
• Last week, the ISF made arrests related to a similar incident in the Minieh-Dinnieh area. It detained two men suspected of stealing crude oil and seized two mini buses, one of which contained a metal tank of 2,000 liters filled with oil, along with an amount of hash that was in the possession of one of the detainees.
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces on Monday morning arrested a father and son on the outskirts of Saadine village in North Lebanon on suspicion of stealing oil stored in a non-operational pipeline that is connected to the oil installations in Tripoli.Here’s what we know: • According to L’Orient Today’s correspondent in the area, the ISF seized the two men who were using a van that contained a tank and the tools that could have been used for the theft. • Last week, the ISF made arrests related to a similar incident in the Minieh-Dinnieh area. It detained two men suspected of stealing crude oil and seized two mini buses, one of which contained a metal tank of 2,000 liters filled with oil, along with an amount of hash that was in the possession of one of the detainees. ...
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