"Deadly strikes"... The Egyptian army reveals the outcome of 3 months of border guard operations against "outlaws"

The Egyptian Armed Forces announced, on Thursday, that the Border Guard forces seized 241 tons of narcotic drugs and about 1.5 million narcotic pills during the past three months, as part of their efforts to combat smuggling and criminal activities and secure the Egyptian borders. The military spokesman for the Egyptian Armed Forces, Colonel Staff Ahmed Atman Ali, said in a statement: “The Border Guard forces continue to intensify their efforts to confront smugglers and criminal elements and direct a number of devastating strikes against outlaw elements on all strategic directions of the state, in cooperation with the main branches of the armed forces and mobilization formations.”

The statement explained that the forces seized 27 incidents in the field of weapons and ammunition, which resulted in the confiscation of 1,149 weapons and quantities of various calibres of ammunition estimated at approximately 187,000 pieces of ammunition. In the field of drug control, the statement indicated that 90 incidents were seized, which resulted in the confiscation of 241 tons of various types of narcotic substances, about 1.5 million narcotic tablets, in addition to about 37 tons of ground hydro anesthetics, in addition to the seizure of 335 acres of narcotic crops.

With regard to combating the smuggling of goods that are not clear of customs duties, the Border Guard forces announced the seizure of 410 incidents, including petroleum products, fireworks, and mobile phones, in addition to large quantities of various goods that are not clear of customs duties. The forces also seized 178 incidents related to random prospecting for gold ore, which resulted in the confiscation of 350 tons of stones mixed with gold ore.

Regarding the seizure of vehicles used in smuggling and random prospecting for gold ore, the forces announced the seizure of 805 vehicles of various types. It also announced the seizure of sums of money estimated at approximately 14 million Egyptian pounds.

In a related context, the Armed Forces announced the thwarting of 213 attempts at infiltration and illegal immigration across the country’s various strategic directions, with a total of 4,432 people of different nationalities participating. The military spokesman stated that these results come within the framework of the intensive efforts and measures implemented by the Border Guard forces around the clock to secure the borders of the Egyptian state, in cooperation with the main branches of the armed forces and mobilization formations, in conjunction with tightening monitoring and control procedures at border crossings and ports in various strategic directions.