Security Services Intercept 157 Weapons Smuggled From Libya

Security services have intercepted 157 France and Britain made weapons and a big quantity of ammunitions on border with Libya, believed to be destined to members of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

Security sources mentioned that the majority of the recouped weapons had been stolen from armories of Gaddafi regime, eastern the country, and brought to Algeria via the locality of Adjila, near border of Libya with Algeria.

The sources added that security services are tracking down the arm traffickers who attempted to smuggle the aforementioned load of arms, which were likely destined to terror groups operating in the Sahara. 

The sources added that the majority of the seized arms, including missile-launchers, blast devices and ammunitions had been made in France and Britain in 2008, 2009 and 2011, according to serial numbers stamped of the seized weapons. 

To recall, joint security forces have seized as many as 400 arms within the 5 last months, thanks to tracking down arm traffickers along the borderline with Libya.  

In fact, detectives concluded that arm traffickers tend to steal weapons and military equipments from abandoned Libyan arsenals to resell them to AQIM in southern Algeria.