[09/February/2010]

HAJJAH, Feb.09 (Saba)- Security forces in Hajjah governorate have arrested two persons accused of smuggling African immigrants into Yemeni territories, Interior Ministry has said .

Security sources said that police arrested one of the men, aged 30, in Harad area in Hajjah governorate while the other one, aged 30, was arrested in Shara'ab district in Taiz governorate.

This arrest comes within the Yemeni security authorities efforts to reduce illegal immigration from the Horn of Africa.

In related news, police have already arrested 30 suspects of smuggling emigrants from the Horn of Africa to Yemen.

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