The official spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Brigadier General Abdul Khaleq Al-Ajri, revealed the most important security achievements made by the security services during the past Hijri year 1444 AH.
Brigadier General Al-Ajri said today in a press statement issued by the Interior Ministry , a copy of which was received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), that with the grace of God and with the cooperation of the Yemeni people, the Ministry of Interior was able to achieve great security achievements during the past Hijri year, thus enhancing security and stability in the provinces and free regions.
He pointed out that the achievements made by the Ministry of the Interior come on top of the arrest of 472 organized criminal gangs practicing various crimes, as well as the arrest of 63 elements assigned by the aggression to monitor the movements of the army and security.
And he indicated that the Ministry of Interior thwarted seven suicide terrorist operations, seized 137 members of al-Qaeda, ISIS organizations, and 214 explosive devices, which were prepared by takfiri groups to target citizens’ lives.
In the field of controlling and reducing crime, Interior Ministry was able during the year 1444 AH to achieve a large rate of crime control amounting to 92 percent, ,seven thousand and 134 seizure, recovery operations were carried out, and they were handed over to their owners in coordination with the Public Prosecution, in addition to seizing 202 crimes of forgery of documents and papers.
He confirmed that he had arrested 2,784 accused of smuggling and promoting drugs.
In the field of combating smuggling crimes ,crimes of harming the national economy, , protecting the Yemeni citizen from spoiled , expired foodstuffs and medicines, and prohibited poisons, the Anti-Smuggling Unit located in the free provinces carried out 1,000 ,18 seizures of smuggled and prohibited medicines, during which two million and 997 thousand and 281 were seized between a box and a tape. And a syringe, which was coming from the aggression-controlled areas, in addition to seizing 5,239 expired medicine boxes.
Also, 86,320 parcels and envelopes containing smuggled, prohibited agricultural fertilizers and pesticides were seized, as well as 431 shipments of smuggled foodstuffs, and 47 expired shipments, in addition to the seizure of large quantities of smuggled goods, the import of which will be published later.
In the context of preserving the life and security of the citizen, Brigadier General Al-Ajri affirmed that the Ministry of Interior carried out 5,591 insurance missions for rallies, vigils, official and popular events, and the movements of 18,614 employees of foreign organizations operating in Yemen were secured, and 27,095 insurance operations for the movement of trucks belonging to the organizations. It carries food, shelter, medicine and health supplies.
He stated that the Complaints Center at the Ministry of Interior, within the framework of evaluating the performance of security men and applying laws, regulations and standards for security work, has achieved tangible success in completing citizens’ complaints about procedural violations committed by some employees of the Interior Ministry.
The Interior Ministry affirmed the continuation of preserving the life, security and property of citizens, enhancing security ,tranquility, and it will work with determination to thwart all plots of aggression targeting the security and stability of the homeland. It stresses that it will spare no effort in controlling criminal elements, and that whoever tries to spread the crime will have a justice hand and he will receive a deterrent punishment.
Source: Yemen News Agency