NABATIEH, Lebanon: Police arrested a gang in south Lebanon suspected of stealing copper from electrical cable, the National News Agency said Friday.
Internal Security Forces personnel arrested seven Syrians and three Palestinians for stealing copper from electric cables and recovered stolen wires from their cars and homes in the Sarafand villages of Roum and Anan.
The gang members were brought to the Nabatieh police station to undergo thorough investigations, police said. Thefts of copper cables have caused power outages in many rural villages.