
The Lebanese army said on Friday that it seized mortar shells and explosives during a night raid in the northern city of Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh area.
A military communique said an army unit raided a depot at the grocery market on Thursday night after receiving information that militants had stashed weapons there.
The troops seized 50 mortar shells, other rockets, 25 kilograms of explosives, in addition to equipment and military gear during the raid, Naharnet quoted the communique as saying.
The seized materials were handed over to the appropriate authorities and an investigation was launched, it added.
On Thursday, the army said it had arrested five individuals in Tripoli's al-Beddawi area where it found rifles, guns, ammunition, mortar shells, hand grenades, telecommunications equipment and other military gear.
Source: QNA
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