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Oran: two suspects arrested and €120,000 seized in currency-trafficking network

By , based on Algérie 360

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Border Police at Oran’s Ahmed Ben Bella airport arrested two suspects and seized €120,000 and five GPS devices while allegedly dismantling an illegal capital-transfer network. Investigations and legal proceedings will establish responsibility, according to a security services statement published on 2 October.

Two people suspected of being members of an illegal capital-transfer network were arrested at Ahmed Ben Bella International Airport in Oran, Algeria. Police also seized 120,000 euros, according to a statement from the security services published on Friday 2 October.

The operation was carried out by the Border Police at Oran airport, together with the Regional Service for Combating Organised Crime in the West. The suspects are accused of having taken part in a network specialising in the transfer of foreign currency to and from abroad. The BaridiMob fraud in Oran had already led to the arrest of 16 people.

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