Weapons transport busted at Syrian-Lebanon border

Army Intelligence seized Wednesday a van transporting weapons from Syria into Lebanon and arrested three people traveling in the vehicle, security sources told The Daily Star.

The van was halted at an Army checkpoint at the Hermel Bridge in east Lebanon as it traveled from Syria through the Bekaa, the sources said.

The souces provided no further information on those arrested.

A number of grenades as well as light and medium weapons were found in the van, the sources said.