BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 13 (UPI) -- Lebanon's military prosecutor Wednesday charged nine people with possession of explosives they planned to smuggle into Syria via the eastern Bekaa valley.
Lebanese security forces arrested eight of the nine defendants last week in a Bekaa village near the Syrian border. They were inside a truck in which they concealed 50 kilograms of explosives.
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The ninth suspect who is believed to be the gang's leader managed to escape.
The interrogation of the Lebanese and Palestinian suspects showed they were en route to Syria but it was not known if the explosives were destined for Iraq or the Palestinian territories.
The indictment said the defendants were also charged with arms trafficking and possession.
