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Fri, 10/23/2009 - 09:06
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Yemen intensifies security along coastline

SANA'A, Oct. 22 (Saba) - Security
authorities have intensified its security procedures along the coastal strip in case
of any arm
smuggling operations to Yemen, Interior Ministry reported on Thursday.
The Ministry has tightened control on all main and secondary harbors and taken
precautionary procedures all along the coasts to foil any weapon smuggling
operations to the
country.
The Ministry has coordinated with naval forces and the military camps located in
the coastal governorates to hold any suspect boasts.
The security bodies watch around the clock the ship movements sailing nearby the
Yemeni coasts to prevent any entering for smuggled weapons in addition to drugs in
to the
Yemeni territories.
Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defense Affairs Rashad al-Alimi has said
before the Parliament that the government has concerned of unloading arm shipment
in Somalia
or Djibouti and smuggled to in boats to Yemen, affirming that the required actions
have been taken by the government.
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