Tight security after guns seizure in eastern Yemen

Tight security after guns seizure in eastern Yemen HADRAMOUT, Oct. 17 =
(Saba) - The security forces in Yemen's eastern province of Hadramout =
have seized a truck carrying weapons
that entered the province from neighboring province of Mahara.

The =
seizure prompted the Interior ministry to order security tight at the =
seaports in the two provinces to
prevent further attempts to traffic guns into the country, according to =
the Information Center of the ministry. The security sources pursued the =
car and the car overturned
during the chase. The driver could run away while the car with its cargo =
was held by the authorities. Last week, a ship that was carrying =
Chinese-made weapons was held in
the Hodeida port in western Yemen. The arms were said to have been =
imported with forged documents in the name of the Defense Ministry. =
Later the authorities released an arms
dealer blacklist with chief mediator between the government and the =
Houthi rebels in the north on top of it. Parliament then approved to =
summon Defense Minister Mohammed
Nasser Ahmed to investigate the suspected ship. FR