BEIRUT: Police have arrested three members of a gang that steals cars and motorcycles for resale in Syria, the Internal Security Forces announced Wednesday.
In a statement, the ISF said three Lebanese men identified as Z.T., R.N. and M.Q., all in their twenties, confessed to stealing many vehicles.
The arrests came after a local TV channel broadcasted a report Sunday about motorcycles stolen in the Nahr Ibrahim area in Metn district and resold in Syria through a Facebook page.
Police located the gang members and arrested them when they were riding two stolen motorcycles.
Earlier this month, motorist Khalil Saqtfoul had notified police that his BMW car was stolen in Tripoli.
Police subsequently arrested a suspect, identified as A. A. but known as “Hamido,” from the northern village of Masoudieh.
He remains incarcerated in Halba’s prison.
During the interrogations, the three gang members confessed to stealing vehicles and selling them to Hamido, who smuggled them into Syria.
The vehicles were stolen from many areas in Tripoli and other parts of north Lebanon, including Shekka and Batroun.
A 26-year-old Lebanese male accomplice, identified as A. H., remains on the run, the ISF added.
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