Yemen intensifies security along coastline
The Source: - 22/10/2009
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Security authorities have intensified security procedures along the coastal strip in case of any arm smuggling operations to Yemen, Interior Ministry reported on Thursday. The Ministry has tightened control on all main and secondary harbors
and taken precautionary procedures all along the coasts to foil any
weapon smuggling operations to the country.The Ministry has coordinated with naval forces and the military camps located in the coastal governorates to hold any suspect boats. The security bodies watch around the clock the ship movements sailing nearby the Yemeni coasts to prevent any entering for smuggled weapons in addition to drugs in to the Yemeni territories.Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defense Affairs Rashad al-Alimi has said before the Parliament that the government has concerned of unloading arm shipment in Somalia or Djibouti and smuggled to in boats to Yemen, affirming that the required actions have been taken by the government.
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