The 444th Brigade announced the death of Second Lieutenant, Mohamed Abdel Fattah Ramadan Harb during the storming of a drug den in the city of Bani Walid.
“Harb was struck by a bullet by the spoilers who spread their poison among the youth of Bani Walid. The precious blood of our men is the motivation and strength for us to continue on the path of heroes who sacrifice themselves, in order to deliver a whole generation of corruption and drugs to us,” a statement read.
Days ago, a large shipment of narcotic pills was seized at the Benghazi seaport. The smugglers attempted to conceal them inside imported cars, on a ship arriving from France, according to the media division of the Libyan National Army (LNA).
The division stated that during the periodic procedures for inspection and follow-up at the seaport, “more than 10 million hallucinogenic pills that were stored in imported cars, on a cargo ship coming from France, were found.”
Earlier this month, members of the Libyan Security Directorate Support Agency managed to arrest a drug dealer in Tripoli. He was in possession of an estimated 1,500 narcotic pills, and 2 kilograms of hashish.
In a statement, the agency said that the arrest took place after an elaborate ambush was prepared. This was based on information received from the Anti-Narcotics Agency, about the location and movements of the suspect.
It confirmed that the drug dealer was handed over to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Agency, to complete the necessary legal procedures.
In February, Libya’s Interior Ministry announced that members of the deterrence apparatus arrested an organised gang, that was planning to manufacture and trade drugs internationally.
In a statement, the Ministry said that “a machine used to manufacture narcotic pills at a very high density was seized after arriving in the country, through a seaport coming from Europe.”
The statement explained that “this was done after setting up a tight ambush in the Al-Sawani area to seize the machine, while it was being delivered to a Libyan city, to begin the production process of nearly 100,000 narcotic pills per day.”
