The
General Staff Coast Guard, in cooperation with Zuwara Security Chamber
on Tuesday, March 15, foiled an attempt to sail an inflatable boat
filled with 127 illegal African immigrants of different nationalities
from the Libyan coast, Sabratha beach, to Europe.
The Coast Guard staff acting on intelligence coming from the operations
apparatus of the Coast Guard and the ports security department in
Zuwara, managed to intercept the boat at 10 miles to the northeast of
Zuwara city.
The immigrants and the boat were taken to
the port where they given medical check up by the Libyan Red Crescent,
Zuwara branch. They were later sent to the Passports Investigation
Center.
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