BEIRUT: Armed burglars stole about $7,000 worth of electrical wire overnight from a construction site in Beirut, security sources said Tuesday.

The sources said four masked thieves dressed in camouflage clothing broke into the construction site in Karantina, east Beirut, threatening workers at gunpoint.

They made off with construction tools and electrical wires and sped away in a four-wheel drive Pathfinder.

In the western part of Beirut, thieves stole a Mercedes-Benz owned by Maher Khodr al-Tawil from the Corniche Mazraa neighborhood, according to sources.

In Khinshara, upper Metn, robbers broke into a gas refill shop owned by Tanious Malek and stole 50 gas cylinders worth about LL 3 million ($2,000), the sources added.

In an unrelated incident, Syrian national Ahmad Mahfouz has been reported missing since Jan. 14.

His brother, Mahmoud, went to the police station to report him missing. He said Ahmad, 34, left the house in Sabtieh in the Metn region four days ago to drop off his friend in Mansourieh, and never came back.

In the Chouf mountains southeast of Beirut, heavy rain led to the blockage of the road leading to the town of Kfranis after the collapse of a supporting wall.

Municipality workers, in cooperation with authorities, were dealing with the issue.