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overnight three Syrians carrying light arms and communication devices trying to cross the border through an illegal crossing in the Bekaa Valley, the state-run National News agency reported Sunday.
NNA said the three men were arrested when trying to infiltrate from the northeastern border town of Arsal to the Syrian town of Qara.
Also Sunday, NNA that the army arrested at the Wadi Hmeid checkpoint in Arsal four Syrians, who were carrying arms, bombs, hands grenades and military gear, in the silver Kia they were riding.
Among them is a woman, said the agency.
Later on Sunday, an army statement said "the army checkpoint in the Wadi Hmeid-Arsal area stopped a Kia car carrying no license plates which came from Syrian territory."
The car was transporting "four Syrian nationals who were not carrying any identification papers and personal firearms and a number of hand grenades were seized in their possession," the statement added.
"The detainees and the confiscated weapons were referred to the relevant authorities," it said.
Qara lies in Syria's mountainous region of Qalamoun, where regime forces have launched an offensive against rebels.
Arsal, a predominantly Sunni area, backs the uprising against Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
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The town lies 12 kilometers from the border with Syria and has been used as a conduit for weapons and rebels to enter Syria, while also serving as a refuge for people fleeing the conflict.
The town has seen a massive influx of refugees in the past weeks as a result of the heavy fighting in Qalamoun.