Posted on 04/04/2005 11:35:45 PM PDT by Stoat
Lebanese Police Chase and Arrest 2 Syrian Policemen in Beirut
Lebanese police chased and detained Saturday two Syrian security men said to be close to the son of a former Syrian Security chief in Lebanon, An Nahar reported Sunday.
The Mansourieh police mounted the chase as a dark blue Mitsubishi 4-wheeler with smoked windows sped across the roundabout of Mkalles before dawn, stopping it at Beirut's Cola residential district, An Nahar said.
Tinted car glass has been prohibited by the Lebanese authorities since the Syrian military and intelligence evacuation of Lebanon got underway three weeks ago. Such cars were mainly used by Syrian intelligence officers in Beirut and the rest of Lebanon.
The two occupants of the 4-wheeler were identified as Yasser Ibrahim Mansour, a Syrian policeman from the northern Syrian town of Tartus and policeman Mohammed Izzidin from Aleppo. The 4-wheeler belonged to the Lebanese army, according to An Nahar.
The two detainees were handed to Ramlet al Baida Lebanese police station and were then transferred to Jdeideh police station, An Nahar said, without mentioning the names of the former Syrian security chief or that of his son to whom the detained Syrians are said to be close.
Soon released!
Still the lebanese security apparatus is loyal to their syrian masters.
Things are going to change soon, after the legislative elections.
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