Five men arrested for cutting down olive trees

A group of five men were arrested for allegedly cutting down 115 olive trees in the Koura village of Harisha, (Lebanon) which they planned to sell as wood. The village’s custodian, Aziz Alawa, first noticed from a hill in Anefh village that trees in an olive grove had been cut down. He informed the owners of the grove and the police, who launched a stakeout for the criminals in mid-August. On Monday, police saw the group coming back to finish what they had begun.