http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=91594&d=31&m=1&y=2007
Saudi-Yemen Talks Set on Cross-Border Smuggling P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News JEDDAH, 31 January 2007 — A meeting of Saudi and Yemeni security officers will be held within three weeks to discuss measures to stop the increase in cross-border smuggling operations between the two countries, according to Lt. Gen. Talal Mohsen Angawi, director general of the border guards. Angawi said the largest number of smuggling operations was taking place through the Kingdom’s southern border. Border guards recently foiled the smuggling of four anti-tank missiles, one rocket propelled grenade, 390 bombs, 3,190 dynamite sticks and 819 kg of explosives into the Kingdom. “This is the first meeting with the participation of border guard officers from both countries,” Angawi said in comments published yesterday. “We have already received the list of Yemeni participants which we have been waiting for.” He said the meeting would discuss all aspects of border security, including across the border smuggling of weapons and drugs, organizing of pasturing, protection of livestock and intrusion of individuals. It will be followed by another meeting at the level of border guard directors general in both countries. An annual report issued by the border guards said they had stopped 344,781 intruders and 2,894 smugglers and confiscated 12,000 kg of hashish, 32 kg of opium, 10,000 narcotic tablets and more than five million kg of qat. “The foiling of large-scale operations to smuggle weapons and drugs reflects the vigilance of our officers along the Kingdom’s vast borders,” Angawi said. “We, the border guards are considered the first defense line of the country,” he said, and emphasized the need for protecting young Saudi men and women from the influence of drug mafias. Angawi said he had noticed a considerable rise in the smuggling of weapons, drugs, cattle and foodstuffs though number of intruders from Iraq through the Kingdom’s northeastern border had declined considerably. “But the number of intruders through the southern border is increasing and they include Eritreans, Somalis and other Africans,” he said. Angawi said an Eritrean was injured during a confrontation between smugglers and border guard officers in Dhahran Al-Janoub three days ago. “The injured man has been taken to hospital. He was being used as a drug carrier.” +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
