The number of people detained reached nine in a crackdown on suspects accused of pickpocketing in Beirut and its suburbs, according to a correspondent for Al-Jadeed. Other platforms have circulated the tally from the channel. It is not yet clear which security agency carried out the arrests, or the identities and nationalities of those detained, or the dates of the arrests, or the number of pickpocketing incidents attributed to them. It also remains unknown whether formal charges have been brought against them or whether they have been referred to the judiciary.