The army achieves qualitative results in combating the scourge of terrorism

Within a week, detachments of the People’s National Army were able to arrest a terrorist and 15 members of support for terrorist groups, while 27 drug dealers were arrested, and attempts to bring in more than 5 quintals of drugs were thwarted across the border with Morocco.

The Ministry of National Defense explained, in a statement on Wednesday, that within the framework of the fight against terrorism, a detachment of the People’s National Army in Bordj Badji Mokhtar arrested the terrorist “Rikan Al-Safah,” who was active in terrorist groups abroad, while other detachments arrested 15 members of support for terrorist groups during Various operations across the national territory.

In the same context, and within the framework of combating organized crime and confronting the scourge of drug trafficking in the country, joint detachments of the People’s National Army, in coordination with various security services during operations across the military regions, arrested 27 drug dealers and thwarted attempts to bring 546 kilograms of processed kif across the border with Morocco. With the seizure of 9586 hallucinogenic tablets.

Detachments of the People’s National Army in Tamanrasset, Bordj Badji Mokhtar and Djanet also arrested 45 people and seized 29 vehicles, 86 electric generators, 69 pressure hammers, in addition to quantities of explosives, blasting equipment and equipment used in illegal gold prospecting operations.

The statement added that other detachments of the People’s National Army arrested 14 other people and seized a Kalashnikov machine gun, 5 hunting rifles, 69,222 liters of fuel, 18 tons of food materials destined for smuggling and speculation, and 3 quintals of tobacco, during separate operations across the country. the National.

On the other hand, the coast guards were able to thwart illegal immigration attempts on the national coasts by 355 people on board traditional boats, while 1,551 illegal immigrants of different nationalities were arrested across the national territory.

These operations, carried out by units and detachments of the People’s National Army, come in the context of the continuing efforts made to combat terrorism and combat organized crime in all its forms, and reflect the extent of the high professionalism, constant vigilance and readiness of the armed forces throughout the national territory.