The Oil Crescent Security Directorate announced on Wednesday, that it had thwarted an attempt to smuggle 33 illegal immigrants on the seashore in the Al-Arasa area, west of the city of Brega.
Two boats and four cars were seized, which were used to transport immigrants from the desert roads to the seashore, after receiving a report by the Directorate indicating the presence of sea boats transporting immigrants in the Al-Arasa area.
Two Libyans and an Egyptian smuggling boat captain were arrested, as well as two Palestinians and a Mauritanian involved in an attempt to smuggle immigrants, most of whom hold Egyptian nationality.
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