Arms cache haul was Hizbullah stash
Investigations into an alleged Fatah al-Islam militant revealed that the man arrested had no connection with the group, a well-informed security source told The Daily Star Tuesday.
Earlier this week, police raided the house of Ahmad Shamaa in Jiyyeh, suspecting he had engaged in fighting with Internal Security Forces in the northern port city of Tripoli in 2007.
Police seized 40 Kalashnikov rifles, two M-16s, four handguns and B-7 rocket launchers from Shamaa’s house. Security sources said Monday the weapons were stolen from a Hizbullah arms cache in the southern town of Harouf, near Nabatieh.
The serial numbers of weapons stolen from the Hizbullah arms cache matched those on weapons found inside Shamaa’s home.