The warrants follow earlier judicial subpoenas for Hezbollah Liaison and Coordination Committee head Hussein al-Abdullah and his aide Ali Ayoub after security forces at the Dahr al-Baidar checkpoint seized the vehicle carrying roughly 800 kilograms of C-4, TNT, nails and metal balls. Sources linked the shipment to Hezbollah's development of FPV drones capable of carrying 4 to 6 kilograms of explosives, up from roughly 2.5 kilograms.
Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah publicly claimed ownership of the truck and demanded the release of the two detainees and the return of the munitions, saying they were meant for use against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon despite a March 2 Cabinet decision banning the group's military activities and ordering it to surrender its weapons. In a phone call with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, who pledged "no leniency toward the perpetrators," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Beirut to prosecute everyone who ordered, financed and directed the shipment and said returning the explosives to Hezbollah "should be out of the question."