Mar 30 thomwestcott

Libyan murdered in Egypt, arrest made

Tripoli, 30 March 2013:A man has been arrested in Egypt in connection with the murder of a Libyan chef working in Alexandria.Abdel-Monsef Farouk Abdul...

Read Article
Mar 24 thomwestcott

Suspected passport forgers arrested in Egypt

Tripoli, 24 March 2013:Two men, a Libyan and a Tunisian, living in the Nasr City district of Cairo, have been arrested in possession of blank Libyan p...

Read Article
Police vehicle bombed in Benghazi
Mar 22 Michel Cousins

Police vehicle bombed in Benghazi

By Maha Ellawati.Wrecked remains of traffic police vehicle in BenghaziBenghazi, 22 March 2013:A traffic police vehicle was reported to have been bombe...

Read Article
Mar 21 Michel Cousins

Unknown assailants attack police station

Tripoli, 21 March 2013:Members of Tripoli Central Police Station were shot at by unknown assailants yesterday, Wednesday. The head of the police stati...

Read Article
Police vehicle attacked in Misrata
Mar 17 Michel Cousins

Police vehicle attacked in Misrata

Tripoli, 17 March 2103:A police vehicle outside the police station in Misrata’s Azzarouq district was destroyed early this morning when a RPG was fire...

Read Article
Police clamp down on illegal traders, destroy market stalls
Mar 15 Michel Cousins

Police clamp down on illegal traders, destroy market stalls

By Michel Cousins.Tripoli, 14 March 2013:Dozens of illegal street stalls and shacks in Tripoli’s busy Shara Rashid, where the city’s Central Market is...

Read Article
Mar 11 Michel Cousins

Crackdown on criminal gangs planned: revolutionaries unhappy at exclusion

Tripoli, 11 March 2013:The Joint Security Force in Tripoli is preparing to conduct extensive combing operations at a number  of farms on the outskirts...

Read Article
Major drugs bust off Libyan coast
Feb 24 thomwestcott

Major drugs bust off Libyan coast

Tripoli, 24 February 2013:The Libyan coastguard has seized some 30,000 kilograms of drugs, on a boat off the Libyan coast.A spokesman from the Navy, A...

Read Article
Feb 5 thomwestcott

Syrian refugees arrested with instructions for DIY explosives

Benghazi, 5 February 2013:Nine Syrian refugees found to be in possession of videos and documents showing how to prepare explosives and detonators were...

Read Article
Feb 3 Nigel Ash

"Armed" man killed after running SCC check point

Tripoli, 3 February:One man was killed and two companions injured after their vehicle was chased by a Supreme Security Committee patrol in Tazirbu, 25...

Read Article