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Algeria aborts attempt to smuggle 23 kg of drugs from Morocco

ALGIERS, May 8 (KUNA) -- Algerian border guards aborted Sunday an attempt to smuggle 23 kilograms of drugs into the country from Morocco through cross-border trafficking bands.
In a press statement, Algerian Border Guards authority said a group of smugglers have used an animal to take the drugs to the other side of the borders at night.
This is third drugs smuggling operation derailed by the border guards over the past three days, the statement said, noting that one of those operations included 130 kilograms of drugs also coming from Morocco.
Moreover, the border guards aborted Saturday the smuggling of 7,000 liters of gasoline from Algeria to Morocco.
They also arrested nine illegal migrants who were trying to enter the country without valid visas. (end) ft.ibi KUNA 082159 May 11NNNN