Algeria Dismantles 61-Member Sabotage Network Targeting National Security | Former Moroccan Military Officer Among Detainees

Algeria announced the dismantling of a sabotage network of 61 Moroccan nationals, including a former military officer.

Algeria announced the destruction of a sabotage network consisting of 61 people of Maghrebi nationality, including a former soldier of this country.

According to Ambassador Arjan, Algeria's General Directorate of National Security announced in a statement: The judicial police officers of this country succeeded in destroying an international network consisting of 61 people of Maghrebi nationality, among whom a former Maghrebi soldier can be seen.

It is stated in this statement: The members of this network are suspected of preparing sabotage operations with the aim of hitting the national security and disrupting the public order of Algeria.

The General Directorate of National Security of Algeria stated in its statement: Preliminary investigations show that this network is a very dangerous organization that intended to carry out subversive actions on the territory of Algeria, but the officers of the Judicial Police Department of "Vahran" province located in the west of the country managed to thwart their conspiracy by arresting the members of this network in the beginning of this month.

According to Al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper, it is stated in this statement: The members of the sabotage network penetrated into Algeria by air and land and by gathering in Vahran province, they were ready to carry out sabotage operations, when they were arrested by judicial police officers.

According to the statement of the General Directorate of National Security of Algeria, in this operation, a number of Maghrebi passports and sums of money of this country were discovered and the accused were handed over to the General Prosecutor's Office of the Special Criminal Branch in Vahran province.

The department did not provide further details about the nature of the activities of the members of this network.

This case is raised in the framework of the previous security cases announced by the Algerian authorities, which include the arrest of Moroccan citizens suspected of involvement in espionage and intelligence activities, and this case became the media when the relations between Algeria and Morocco are very tense.