Raid on a medicine warehouse in Galerie Sam'an, a security patrol surrounded, and judicial summonses issued

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1. 17 Oct 2026, 11:18 Initial news reports said a patrol was surrounded in the Galerie Sam'an area, without available information including details on the nature of what happened or the party targeted by the encirclement, while report headlines spoke of a first judicial measure in connection with the incident.
2. 17 Oct 2026, 11:36 A report by Lebanon Debate said a Central Criminal Investigations patrol was executing a judicial commission to raid a medicine warehouse in the Zaghoul building in Galerie Sam'an and seize about 1,000 boxes of medicine out of 7,000 that had entered Lebanon under an exceptional decision by the Health Minister banning their sale, before four gunmen arrived and obstructed the execution of the mission. Prosecutor General of Cassation Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj issued judicial summonses to the Intelligence Directorate at Army Command, the Gendarmerie Command and the Judicial Police to conduct investigations and identify the gunmen who obstructed the execution of the judicial task.
3. 18 Oct 2026, 07:37 A Lebanon Debate report said Prosecutor General of Cassation Ahmad Rami al-Hajj insisted on completing the raid, then issued summonses to the security agencies to identify those who obstructed it, while Hezbollah denied any connection to the warehouse and linked the problem to the failure to adopt the coordination mechanism.
4. 18 Oct 2026, 11:52 A Lebanon Debate report said the Lebanese Army intervened and provided support to the patrol, so the seizure of the medicines was completed and the warehouse sealed with red wax, after gunmen had surrounded the patrol while it was executing the judicial commission.

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