Two elements supporting terrorist groups arrested by PNA forces in one week

Two elements of support for terrorist groups had been arrested by detachments of the People’s National Army (ANP) who also thwarted attempts to introduce more than five quintals of processed kif across the borders with Morocco, during the period of the June 1 to 7 in progress, according to an operational report made public on Wednesday by the Ministry of National Defense (DND), reports APS.

“In the dynamics of sustained efforts in the fight against terrorism and against multifaceted organized crime, units and detachments of the People’s National Army carried out, during the period from June 1 to 7, 2022, several operations that led to results of quality which reflect the high professionalism, vigilance and permanent availability of our Armed Forces throughout the national territory, specifies the same source, noting that within the framework of the fight against terrorism, detachments of the ANP “arrested two ( 02) elements of support to terrorist groups in separate operations throughout the national territory”.

“As part of the fight against organized crime and in continuity with the intense efforts to counter the scourge of drug trafficking in our country, combined detachments of the ANP have arrested, in coordination with the various security services at the territorial level of the 2nd and 3rd Military Regions (RM), 17 drug traffickers and thwarted attempts to introduce large quantities of drugs across the borders with Morocco, amounting to five (05) quintals and 72 kilograms of treated kif, indicates the DND press release, adding that “19 other drug traffickers were arrested in possession of 138,717 psychotropic tablets during various operations carried out across the other military regions”, .

In addition, detachments of the ANP “intercepted, in Tamanrasset, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, In Guezzam and Djanet, 101 individuals and seized 24 vehicles, 104 generators, 115 jackhammers and detonation tools and equipment used in illicit gold panning operations”, adds the press release, noting that “seven (07) other individuals were apprehended and 05 hunting rifles, 3,000 cartridges, 11,521 units of various drinks, 51.7 tons of copper waste and 30 tonnes of foodstuffs intended for smuggling were seized in Ouargla, El-Oued, In Guezzam, Batna, Khenchela, Chlef, Bouira and M’Sila”.

In addition, the Border Guards “thwarted with the services of the National Gendarmerie, attempts to smuggle huge quantities of fuel amounting to 98,348 liters in Tamanrasset, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Tébessa, El-Tarf and Souk Ahras “, according to the same source, specifying that in another context, “the Coast Guard thwarted, at the level of our national coasts, attempts at illegal emigration and carried out the rescue of 145 individuals on board construction boats artisanal, while 31 illegal immigrants of different nationalities were arrested across the national territory”.