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Four arrested over theft of a safe, jewellery and more than $250,000 in Rashaya

The General Directorate of Internal Security Forces announced the arrest of four people involved in stealing an iron safe containing gold jewellery and cash worth more than $250,000 from a citizen's home in the town of Khirbet Rouha in Rashaya district. It said the theft was carried out by breaking and entering on 29 September 2026, and that the detainees confessed to taking part alongside two other persons still being sought.

📍 Where things stand: Four suspects have been arrested and confessed to acting with two others, and efforts continue to arrest the remaining suspects.

⏱️ Timeline

  1. 7 Nov 2026, 10:59 The Internal Security Forces announced the arrest of four people involved in stealing a safe containing gold and cash worth more than $250,000 from a house in Khirbet Rouha – Rashaya, while the search for other suspects continues.
  2. 7 Nov 2026, 11:02 News reports carried details of the theft in the town of Rashaya, which involved seizing a safe, jewellery and $250,000, describing the details as shocking, without information on the perpetrators' identities, the circumstances of the incident, or related arrests.
  3. 7 Nov 2026, 11:03 The General Directorate of Internal Security Forces announced that unknown persons broke into a citizen's home in the town of Khirbet Rouha – Rashaya district on 29 September 2026 by breaking and entering and stole an iron safe containing gold jewellery and cash worth more than $250,000; the Information Branch arrested four suspects, three in Baalbek and the fourth in Zahle, who confessed to taking part with two other persons, and work continues to arrest the remaining suspects.
  4. 7 Nov 2026, 11:06 The Information Branch disclosed the circumstances of the large theft targeting a citizen's home in Khirbet Rouha on 29 September 2026 and arrested four suspects, three in the city of Baalbek and a woman in the city of Zahle, among them two Lebanese, a Syrian and a Lebanese woman, who confessed to taking part in the operation.
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