October 10, 2026
Lebanon today
Security and judicial attention is turning to the military police offices, as intensive investigations continue into one of the most dangerous explosive shipments seized recently. After a car was stopped at the Dahr al-Baydar checkpoint, it was loaded with more than half a ton of highly explosive materials, at a time when the detainees’ vague statements were intertwined with two extremely sensitive security hypotheses that put the file at the heart of field and political disputes.
Dahr Al-Baidar’s Confessions: “A Paid Mission to Transport an Unknown Car”
The data revealed details of the course of the investigation, the identity of those arrested, and the size of the seized shipment:
- The two detainees and the initial confession: Investigations revealed that the two detainees were: Haitham Amhaz andAli Al-Kurdi; During their interrogation, the two claimed that they were assigned to transport the vehicle from the Bekaa to Beirut in exchange for a specific financial reward, and that their mission would end once they parked it and delivered it at a specific point without knowing the identity of the sender or the recipient, denying their knowledge of the nature of the materials hidden in the box.
- Previous history of one of them: It turned out that Amhaz had a criminal record, and had previously been arrested and served a prison sentence for the crime of drug trafficking before being released some time ago.
- Massive destructive charge: The payload was estimated at approx 500 kilograms or a little moreIt was divided equally among relatives 250 kilograms of TNT And a similar substance C4 cutting-edge; These are materials with military uses that are usually used in bombing, demolition, and manufacturing advanced explosive devices.
Two hypotheses are on the investigation table… Who moved the shipment?
With the source of the shipment and the final destination remaining a mystery, the security services have put two basic scenarios under scrutiny:
- The first hypothesis (Hezbollah’s tactical outflanking): Hezbollah is likely to resort to using smugglers or elements from outside its organizational structure to transport military shipments, in order to avoid risking its members in light of the official security restrictions and tightening control over its movements, especially after the cancellation of the “Security Committee” card facilities that previously opened checkpoints.
- The second hypothesis (the trap of confusion and exploitation of names): It is based on the possibility that there is another party seeking to exploit the names and connections of those arrested to link the accusation to the party with the aim of passing materials on its own account, or creating internal security and political confusion that threatens public stability.
The resolution of the investigation remains dependent on uncovering the leads of those connected to and financing the trip, to determine whether the shipment was a link in an illegal military supply chain, or a spark for a mysterious bombing plot that was targeting the capital.
