Lebanon announced Monday that its military has uncovered a new espionage ring working for Israel.
According to Lebanese media reports, a prominent member of the spy ring was asked to look for information of missing Israeli aviator Ron Arad.
The Reports, coming just two days ahead of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Beirut, said Lebanese intelligence described the uncovered cell as "extremely dangerous."
According to released details, Lebanese intelligence services began uncovering espionage activity in mid August, after the arrest of a suspected spy. The man reportedly admitted to cooperating with Israeli intelligence agents since 1996.
Another arrest followed two weeks later, and this time, Lebanese authorities discovered that Israel tasked the man with finding new information about Arad, who has been missing in action since 1987.
Lebanon has arrested more than 150 people on suspicion of spying for Israel since April 2009, when security forces instigated a nationwide crackdown on agents.
Many of those arrested have been accused of relaying information on Hezbollah bases during the Second Lebanon War.
So far in 2010, military tribunals have sentenced at least three of those detained to death, with more maximum sentences expected in future.
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