The Internal Security Forces (ISF) on Friday said that they had intercepted a truck carrying 67 Syrians who had entered Lebanon illegally at midnight on Thursday.
A team from the Jbeil ISF station stopped and searched a truck that was thought to be suspicious after working with the Barbara municipality, according to an ISF press release.
“Inside the vehicle were hidden 67 people, men, women and children, including a 40-day-old infant. All had been smuggled into Lebanon and were to be taken to Beirut,” the text said.
The truck driver, a 32-year-old Lebanese man identified only by his initials, M.A., was arrested.
An investigation has been opened, the statement added, indicating that “legal measures will be taken against the illegal immigrants, under the supervision of the competent judicial authorities.”
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