Démantèlements de deux réseaux internationaux d’immigration clandestine

Dismantling of two international illegal immigration networks

Smugglers arrested

In a press release dated yesterday, the National Gendarmerie of Blida announced the dismantling of a criminal illegal immigration network, through which 12 suspects who organize clandestine trips of African nationals abroad were arrested.
Two international illegal immigration networks have just fallen into the nets of the gendarmes, police and coast guards, the first criminal network made up of 12 suspects, including smugglers and African nationals, was eliminated by the gendarmes of the Blida Group, while the second cross-border criminal network was neutralized by the Judicial Police and the Tipasa Coast Guard, allowing the arrest of 12 suspects, including four smugglers.

“Elements of the National Gendarmerie of the wilaya of Blida were able to put an end to the activity of a transnational organized criminal network which is smuggling African nationals out of the country,” said the same source. According to the press release from the same security service, the operation allowed the arrest of 12 suspects, including two African nationals as well as the seizure of 12 mobile phones, a utility vehicle and 4 passenger cars used in smuggling operations during this operation.
Furthermore, during the same day and as part of a joint operation carried out between the National Security and elements of the Coast Guard reporting to the coastal wilaya of Tipasa, a second network specialized in the organization of migratory expeditions was dismantled.

Indeed, the Judicial Police Brigade under the Bou Ismaïl Daïra Security (Tipasa), in coordination with the Bouharoun Coast Guard Maritime Brigade, have, over the last week, foiled the activity of a criminal network organizing clandestine migration trips across the sea, while arresting, in flagrante delicto, the organizers who were preparing to leave the town of Bouharoun from one of the rocky beaches, while pocketing the financial profits. The joint operation by the police and Coast Guard led to the arrest of 10 suspects, including 4 of the organizers of these illegal trips, and the seizure of a pleasure boat and life jackets as well as the recovery of sums of money from criminal proceeds estimated at more than 56 million centimes and 1,750 euros. The ten suspects were presented yesterday before the Prosecutor near the Koléa court, concludes the press release from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
S.Abi