Army Arrests a Man who Smuggles Militants Out of Lebanon
The Lebanese army intelligence has arrested in the Bekaa a man who was reportedly seeking to smuggle out of Lebanon Fadi Ghassan Ibrahim, who has ties with Fatah al-Islam.
Ibrahim, known as Sikamo, was arrested at dawn Friday after the army intelligence lured him outside the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh.
A security source told al-Akhbar newspaper in remarks published Monday that Ibrahim was seized after the army intelligence monitored his phone calls with the Bekaa man.
As Safir said the army arrested the man in the Bekaa, M. Sh., after it asked Sikamo to contact him and set up a meeting with him.
Ibrahim was described as a "hefty catch" by the Beirut media but the smuggler is reportedly not linked to any terrorist organization and his job lies on smuggling militants out of Lebanon for a certain amount of money.