Army moves to cut off arms supply to Hezbollah

Lebanon’s army has begun setting up checkpoints near dozens of illegal border crossings with Syria and Israel in a bid to help prevent arms smuggling in the region, a Lebanese military official said today.

The plan is apparently aimed primarily at preventing arms supplies from reaching Hezbollah guerrillas – a key demand of last week’s UN ceasefire resolution that ended 34 days of ferocious fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.