Twenty-five traditional canons and two homemade bombs have been destroyed Friday by a detachment of the National Popular Army following a search operation in the zone of Ghabet Ettefah in Skikda, said Saturday a communiqué of the National Defence Ministry.
“Following a search operation, as part of the fight against terrorism in the area of Ghabet Ettefah in Skikda (5th Military Region), a detachment of the National Popular Army has discovered and destroyed on 13 May 2016, 25 traditional canons, two homemade bombs, eight kilograms of explosive substances and tools of manufacturing bombs,” said the source.
Moreover, further detachments have arrested “three people supporting terrorist groups in Ghardaïa (4th Military Region).
In Souk-Ahras, Tebessa, and El-Tarf (5th Military Region), units of border guards “thwarted attempts of smuggling of more than 17,206 litres of fuel and seized seven cars used in smuggling.”
Moreover, as part of securing borders and the fight against smuggling, detachments of Army, in coordination with the Customs, “have apprehended during various operations in Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Ain Salah and In Guezzam (6th Military Region), thirteen smugglers of different nationalities and all-terrain vehicles have been seized.”
In Tlemcen (2nd Military Region) and Biskra (4th Military Region), “ten illegal immigrants of different nationalities have been arrested,” the Ministry said.
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