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Lebanese army arrests five Nusra Front suspects

BEIRUT, July 14 (KUNA) -- The Lebanese army has caught five suspects of Syria's Al-Nusra Front while driving to the Lebanese-Syrian border.
Lebanon's official news agency reported that five Al-Nusra suspects had been arrested in Arsal Town in the northeast of Lebanon while they were trying to infiltrate into Syria.
The five suspects are from Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, the news agency said.
They were collared in possession of uniforms of the Syrian Al-Nusra Front, it added.
Earlier in the day, the army seized a pickup van carrying weapons, light ammunitions and grenades at a checkpoint in Arsal. (end) ayb.mt KUNA 150106 Jul 13NNNN