Nine Nigerian and Ivorian would-be immigrants, coming from Libya, were arrested in Djanet (Illizi, 2000km south of Algiers) by a detachment of the People's National Army (ANP), said Sunday the Ministry of National Defence in a communiqué.
"As part of the measures for the strengthening of security at borders and the fight against smuggling and illegal migration, , a detachment of the national Army of the 4th Military Region arrested, while on patrol on the road linking the city of Djanet to the border locality of Tin Elkom (Illizi) on 11 October 2014 at 4 p.m., nine would-be immigrants, including seven Nigerians and two Ivorians coming from Libya," said the communiqué.
"During an ambush near the village of Mereksane, in the commune of Debdeb (Illizi) on 10 October 2014 at 12.45 a.m., another detachment of the Army seized an all-terrain vehicle, an automatic gun, a riffle magazine and a quantity of ammunition," said the communiqué.