ERIGAVO (Somalilandsun) – Sanaag police are holding eight charcoal smuggling foreigners and their two trucks.
Police in Erigavo have confiscated two trucks and arrested eight people who were caught on the trucks that they were using smuggle charcoal to Garowe town the
administrative capital of Puntland, a Somali regional state.This revelation came during a joint press conference conducted in Erigavo town by the Sanaag regional police
commander Ismail Yusuf 'Ga'amo-yare and the regional ministry of Environment coordinator Mr. Hussein Ismail Talahi.The press briefing informed that the eight smugglers
and their two trucks, which were full of charcoal produced from wet trees, were confiscated at Siraadley hills after police discovered that the trucks bore Puntland number
plates. According to the regional police commander, the two trucks are now the property of the government while the eight smugglers will be arranged in court as soon
as necessary paper work is completed.
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