Recovering a quantity of weapons in a qualitative operation for the Algerian army detachments – Al-Hiwar

The Ministry of National Defense announced today, Thursday, the results of the qualitative operation carried out by units and detachments of People’s National Army within the framework of the exerted and continuous efforts in the field of combating terrorism, which enabled the arrest of a group of terrorists and the recovery of a quantity of weapons.

And a statement by the Ministry of Defense stated that, in the context of the specific operation carried out in the operational sector of Tissemsilt / 2nd MR, which recently led to the arrest of 4 terrorists and the recovery of a quantity of weapons and ammunition, and following the optimal exploitation of the information provided by the arrested terrorists, detachments of People’s National Army were able to During search and inspection operations in the territory of the operational sector, Ain Defla / 1MR, yesterday, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, weapons and ammunition were recovered, which are:

(01) 60 mm mortar cannon

• (01) machine gun “FMPK”

• Two (02) pump-action rifles

• Two (02) semi-automatic rifles of the type “Siminov”

• Three (03) repeating rifles

• Two (02) hunting rifles

Two (02) Colt automatic pistols

• Four (04) ammunition stores

• Nine (09) mortar shells

• (1646) rounds of various calibers

• Four (04) grenades

The source added that, in addition to the aforementioned, other items were recovered, as the Ministry of Defense confirms that this qualitative operation comes to confirm once again the effectiveness of the approach adopted by the High Command of People’s National Army to eradicate terrorism from all the national territory, as well as the determination of our Armed Forces units to hunt down the remnants of terrorists wherever they are.