Report: Syria Seizes Arms Smuggled from Northern Lebanon
The Syrian army seized arms and ammunition hidden in two vehicles for the purpose of smuggling them from Lebanon into Syria, As Safir newspaper reported on Wednesday.
A Lebanese security source told the daily “Syrian forces seized arms, explosives and night vision goggles from two cars on their way to Homs and Tartous.”
“The arms came from northern Lebanon, and they contain Israeli Uzi machine guns,” the source said.
Syrian authorities have accused al-Mustaqbal Movement of supporting the smuggling of weapons to the opposition, but the Lebanese Army Intelligence Branch and border police have confirmed only a few of the many occurrences of arms smuggling reported by the media.
Earlier this month, Military Examining Magistrate Fadi Sawan issued an indictment against three people on charges of smuggling arms between Lebanon and Syria.
Since mid-March, Syria has been shaken by an unprecedented pro-democracy protest movement that President Bashar Assad’s regime has sought to crush using deadly force.
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