Oct 6 Michel Cousins

Conflicting reports on arrests in Sousa

By Maha Ellawati.Benghazi, 6 October:There is confusion as to whether eight men arrested today in Sousa are suspects in the enquiry into Thursday’s at...

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Sep 28 George Grant

Egyptian border guards seize 20,000 packs of smuggled Libyan cigarettes

Tripoli, 28 September:Egyptian border guards have seized a shipment of some 20,000 packets of cigarettes being smuggled into the country from Libya.Th...

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Sep 23 George Grant

Egyptians break up Libya visa forging operation in Cairo

Tripoli, 23 September:A visa forging operation has been broken up by police in Cairo, and two of its members arrested.Egyptian authorities had been mo...

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Sep 2 Al Russell

Bangladeshi gang-members arrested on suspicion of abduction

Benghazi, 2 September:Members of a gang suspected of being involved in the abduction of Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested by the Ahrar Libya Ba...

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Sep 1 George Grant

Weapons cache seized in Benghazi

Benghazi, 1 September:Security forces in Benghazi have reportedly uncovered large quantities if weapons and ammunition in one of the city’s public mar...

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Aug 22 Al Russell

Security forces scupper human trafficking operation - unconfirmed reports

Tripoli, 22 August:A joint operation by the Border Force and the Air Defence Unit on Tuesday morning has put a stop to one of the largest human traffi...

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Turkey starts training Libyan police
Jul 17 Michel Cousins

Turkey starts training Libyan police

Tripoli, 17 July 2012:The first batch of 817 Libyan police recruits left Libya for Turkey today for training.  They are to be trained at Adile Sadulla...

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Jul 16 George Grant

Libyan involved in assault on Egyptian police

Tripoli, 16 July: Egyptian security forces in Alexandria have arrested an unnamed Libyan national involved in an assault on one of their security p...

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Armed gang arrested in Tripoli raid
Jun 25 George Grant

Armed gang arrested in Tripoli raid

Tripoli, 25 June:The police recovered a quantity of illegal drugs during the raidAn armed gang was arrested in Tripoli yesterday by police working tog...

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Jun 11 Michel Cousins

Calls for SSC abolition

Fourteen political parties and civil society institutions in Benghazi have called for the abolition the Supreme Security Committee (SSC) and its membe...

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