The Special Tasks Department said it had uncovered a factory manufacturing boats used for irregular migration in the Al-Qwei’a area, west of Qasr Bin Ghashir, as part of efforts to combat human smuggling. In a statement posted on Facebook, the department said the operation followed intelligence from confidential sources indicating the presence of a site used to produce boats intended for smuggling migrants. It added that, after obtaining authorisation from the competent public prosecutor at the Attorney General’s Office, patrols from the Special Tasks Department, affiliated with the General Administration of Security Operations, raided the site and seized several boats prepared for use in human smuggling operations. The department said it would continue to take legal action against anyone found to be involved in such activities.

Source: Libya Observer January 10, 2026 16:17 UTC