Army Rescues Kidnapping Victim from Trunk of Car in Tripoli

The Lebanese army said on Monday that it arrested four people for kidnapping a man after forcing him into the trunk of a car in the northern city of Tripoli.

A communique issued by the army command said: “An army patrol in Corniche al-Mina on Sunday stopped a suspicious vehicle with four people on board after they tried to flee.”

But soldiers discovered that the suspects had “kidnapped a Lebanese man for personal problems and put him in the trunk of the vehicle.”

The communique also said that an army unit seized weapons and ammunition during a patrol in the eastern area of Baalbek.

The soldiers also seized drugs and other military hardware, it said.

The Tripoli and Baalbek suspects were referred to the military police for investigation.