The abductee Toufic Wehbi was freed on Tuesday evening in the outskirts of the Bekaa border town of Arsal after a hefty ransom was paid to his kidnappers, media reports said.
"A $50,000 ransom was paid for the release of Toufic Wehbi," LBCI television said.
Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq had told As Safir newspaper that the Islamic State group had taken Wehbi to the Syrian Qalamoun region near Lebanon's border and demanded a ransom to set him free.
The minister told the daily that he expected “positive results soon.â€
His remarks came hours after Kataeb MP Elie Marouni expressed similar hopes about the return of the captive to his family.
He told the state-run National News Agency that Zahle MPs were exerting all their efforts for his safe return home.
Wehbi was kidnapped by four armed men while fixing a water filtration machine in the northeastern border town of Arsal last Wednesday.
Over the weekend, his family blocked several roads in the Bekaa Valley to protest his capture.
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