The General Security indicated Tuesday that it had apprehended a Lebanese-Canadian individual for collaboration with Israel and the collect of information for the Israeli intelligence services.
"Within the frame of its fight against espionage for the Israeli entity and the dismantlement of its rings inside Lebanon, the General Directorate of the General Security has arrested Lebanese-Canadian F.G., born 1978, upon the notice of the military prosecution," the GS said in a statement.
"During interrogations, the detainee admitted the following:
- In 2013, he had been recruited by Lebanese fugitive spy N.G., who currently chairs a division in the Israeli Intelligence Unit 504;
- He had been tasked with recruiting Lebanese people to infiltrate into Hezbollah's support milieu and collect security information for the Israeli intelligence, including tips on Israeli air force navigator Ron Arad;
- Preparing to enter the occupied Palestinian lands," the statement read.
The detainee was next referred to the competent court; investigations are still ongoing to arrest involved suspects.
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