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The operation coincided with the presence of El Khabar in Skikda harbour to take stock of passenger reception conditions onboard of the ship in which the 405 Peugeot car has been discovered. The car owned is a 59-year old immigrant retired and living in France, originated from Constantine East of Algeria. Information mention that custom inspection services in coordination with border police agents started wide rake operations of all cars on “Casanova” ship estimated at 316 cars after information that mentioned a smuggling attempt. Custom services managed at around 7 p.m. to find a considerable quantity of hallucinogenic drugs estimated at 25 thousand tablets, in addition to 21.5 kilograms of gunpowder, 25 cartridges of calibre 12 millimetres and a teargas bomb hidden in the car engine. Moreover, custom services discovered firearms very well hidden namely Russian made guns. Rake operations lasted until 10 p.m. after which the car has been confiscated. The seized amount is estimated at 230 million centimes. The accused has been arrested and security services started wide scope inquiries to disclose the operation whereabouts underpinned by marks of criminal networks in order to unveil members of the network the accused belongs to. | ||||||||||||||||||
Arms smuggling operation outmanoeuvred in the harbour