Arrest of a network specialized in smuggling migrants from the national territory – New Algeria

Members of the National Gendarmerie’s research team in Tiaret were able to… dismantling A criminal network active in the field of planning and organizing illegal migration across the sea by attracting young people who wish to undertake By immigration “Smuggling migrants” from the municipality of Tiaret and its neighboring municipalities and transporting them in tourist cars.

According to the statements of Major Zayan Manal, head of the Information and Communication Office of the National Gendarmerie Group in Tiaret, after intensifying investigations and tracking the activities and locations of… Elements This network has identified the organizers of these secret trips, who number six (06) people. They plan and organize secret sailing trips from the coast of the western states in exchange for sums of money estimated at 130 million centimes per person.

Based on the same source, the operation enabled the arrest of 06 people between the ages of 25 and 45 years and the seizure of the two means of transport used in transporting PeopleWith the seizure of a sum of money exceeding 550 million centimes as criminal proceeds.

Where was the felony of forming an association of evil people filed against them for the purpose of preparing a felony, the felony of planning and facilitating illegal smuggling of migrants from the national territory by sea?

The arrested persons will be brought before the competent judicial authorities immediately after the investigation is completed.