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Tue, 07/22/2008 - 12:50
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Yemeni police thwart attempt to smuggle eight children into kingdom

HARADH, July 22 (Saba) - The Yemeni police have foiled an attempt o smuggle eight children from Yemen into Saudi Arabia, the GPC-run almotamar.net said on Monday.

The children, aged between 9 and 13 years old, were handed over to a child center, a security source said. The source pointed out that the police launched an investigation into the case.

In this regard, the security forces in Taiz province had arrested a three-member gang that kidnaps and smuggles children.

The gang had already kidnapped three children. After the police learned of the gang, they raided the gang residence and arrestedits members.

The children were handed over to their families, however, the gang members, aged between 20-25, are due in court soon.


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