[Ennahar] Morocco has announced Wednesday the arrest of five military personnel suspected of "facilitating" the introduction of weapons recently seized in Morocco with the help of smugglers operating in the south of Western Sahara."These (five) soldiers of the Moroccan 59th Infantry Regiment mobilized on the defense wall near Amgala (ed, 200 km east of Laayoune, Western Sahara) facilitated the introduction in Morocco of weapons to a network "dismantled in Morocco in early January, said Wednesday in Rabat on Interior Minister Taib Cherkaoui, during a press briefing.
"These soldiers will soon be brought to military justice", said the minister.
On 5 January, the Moroccan authorities announced the arrest of 27 people suspected of "terrorism".
"These soldiers were acting in return for money," said Mr. Cherkaoui.
A security source has also told AFP that "27 people were jugged in early January in cities across the kingdom including Casablanca, Rabat and Fez (center) and are all of Moroccan nationality."
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