Army Confiscates Large Cache of Weapons in Sidon

The Lebanese army on Friday seized a large cache of weapons hidden in a small juice shop in the southern coastal city of Sidon and detained one man, a security official told AFP.

 

“The weapons included AK-47 assault rifles, anti-tank RPG missiles and a large amount of ammunition found in a secret hiding place inside the shop,” the official said.

 

He said the owner of the shop was being sought while the owner of another nearby store was detained for questioning.

 

The incident took place amid mounting tension in Lebanon which has been grappling with a deep political crisis and a series of assassinations, the latest of which killed the country”s top anti-terrorism investigator on Friday.

 

Captain Wissam Eid died along with his bodyguard and two civilians in the car bomb attack that took place in a Christian suburb of Beirut.