Garowe Online (Garowe)
9 November 2009
Security forces in Somalia's self-governing State of Puntland have conducted operations in the commercial port city of Bossasso.
The Special Forces, who were deployed from their main station in the outskirts of Garowe town, confiscated illegal weapons from civilians who kept them in their cars.
The operations comes amid insecurity that has engulfed the port city which has witnessed several minor blasts.
However some Bossasso police officials have told Garowe Online that the blasts were not serious because they were mostly petrol bombs thrown by people who were against the arrest of some law breakers.
Meanwhile, police in Bossasso have arrested a wanted man named Foore who was allegedly behind several kidnappings of foreigners conducted in the tenure of former administration led by President Ade Muse.
Before his arrest, the man fired shots that caused no harm but led to eventual arrest.
The new Puntland Administration led by President Abdirahman Mohammed Farole have been involved in efforts of combating the insecurity in parts of the state, nabbing several suspects accused of being either high sea pirates and illegal smugglers.
On other developments, Somaliland's security forces in Erigabo have arrested two men in connection with foiled attempts by two Somali gunmen to hijack a commercial plane in Bossasso early this month.
Puntland state declared itself as an autonomous part of Somalia in 1998 and has enjoyed relative peace compared to larger chaotic regions of Horn of African nation.
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