Lebanese Judge Charges 8 Linked to Hezbollah with Explosives Smuggling
Investigative judge Claude Ghanem charged two detained suspects and 11 others in absentia after authorities seized 780 kilograms of explosives.
- On Friday, a Lebanese military court charged 13 people with crimes against state security and forming illegal associations, according to the state-run National News Agency.
- Authorities seized the truck earlier in October at a checkpoint on the main highway linking Beirut with the eastern Bekaa Valley, carrying 780 kilograms of explosives.
- The 780 kilograms included 250 kilograms of TNT and 250 kilograms of C-4 plastic explosives, which officials stated were intended for use against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.
- Two defendants remain in custody while others were charged in absentia; Hezbollah acknowledged ownership of the explosives and requested that Lebanese authorities return them and release those detained.
- Lebanon declared all military activities by the Iran-backed group illegal in March, though Hezbollah refused to recognize the decision amid a war involving Israel and the United States that has killed nearly 4,000 people.
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Lebanese judge charges 8 linked to Hezbollah with explosives smuggling
A Lebanese judge on Friday charged eight people linked to Hezbollah with smuggling hundreds of kilograms of explosive materials, including the highly explosive substance C-4, seized by security forces earlier this month.
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Lebanese military court judge charges 13 over a seized Hezbollah explosives truck
BEIRUT (AP) — A judge at a Lebanese military court charged 13 people over a truck carrying explosives belonging to the Hezbollah militant group that was seized by authorities earlier
Al-Jazeera ' s correspondent in Lebanon said that the Lebanese judiciary had alleged eight persons in the case of the Zahir Al-Bayder explosives, adding that the prosecution ' s list included the commission of crimes against State security and the possession of weapons and explosives.
Lebanese justice has indicted 12 Hezbollah members and a woman on charges of transporting explosives. Two defendants are in custody, while the organization is responding to the charges.
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