According to the newspaper, the man, identified by his initials F.S. only, was also instructed to keep track of Iranian ships entering Lebanese territorial waters as well as a ship belonging to a businessman who maintains links with Hezbollah .
Investigators were surprised to hear from the detainee, who also served in the Lebanese navy, that Israeli intelligence had also requested identification details of yachts owned by Lebanese politicians.
About two months ago it was reported in Lebanon that the state's security forces had arrested a young man from Tripoli on suspicion that he had maintained contact with the Israeli embassy in Turkey and with a young Lebanese woman who had escaped from Israel after Israel left southern Lebanon in the year 2000.