On Wednesday Hezbollah forcefully freed two suspicious detainees, by surrounding the police with a mob of 100 angry Hezbollah forces, threatening to attack the policemen unless the two bearded men were immediately released.

The sources said the police officer was investigating an illegal construction site in the suburb of Ghadir when he was beaten up by two local residents.

Hizbullah members drove in, kidnapped the officer and whisked him to a Hizbullah office where he was illegally interrogated by Party officials on activities of the police force.

The officer told his superiors later Hizbullah officials set him free only because he is Shiite.

Hezbollah Attacks Police Twice

Hezbollah's latest aggressions against Lebanese citizens are another indication of the militia's inability to operate peacefully as a political organization.

Two suspicious men on motorbikes were stopped at a security checkpoint around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Qmatiyeh village, near the Druze stronghold mountain resort town of Aley, east of Beirut.

Upon being detained, one of the bearded men disobeyed the orders of the policemen and made a cell phone call. Shortly afterwards, around a hundred angry Hezbollah members surrounded the security force and freed the two men, the security sources added.

Hezbollah even recovered the bikes.

Local media had earlier said the two cyclists were arrested for failing to stop at the checkpoint.

They said police arrested them after a chase and that Hizbullah members in Qmatiyeh swiftly surrounded the security force and freed the cyclists.

Sources: Naharnet, Ya Libnan