The command post operating in Benishangul Gumz and Oromia regions of Ethiopia has arrested 171 organized criminals and captured 49 Kalashnikov guns, seven explosives and over a thousand bullets. In addition, the command post has also confiscated seven ambulances the suspects were using, four Isuzu trucks and three Toyota pickups. The conflict zones where the organized criminals have been operating are now liberated and peaceful, according g to the state broadcaster ETV Amharic language news report. The command post operating is the area is composed of military, federal police, security forces from different regions in the country and the intelligence as well as the local community, among others. Many blame the former corrupt officials and their business partners who lost their power as sponsors of these conflicts.

Source: News Business Ethiopia January 09, 2019 13:30 UTC