The joint forces raided the largest stronghold of armed robbery gangs in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, known locally as the 9 tawila gangs, and arrested dozens of wanted men pending investigation.
Social networking sites and the WhatsApp instant messaging service have circulated videos of a pickup truck convoy with dozens of heavily armed soldiers on their way to assault the largest stronghold of armed marauding gangs in the Kusaya district of the city of Omdurman, west of Sudan. capital.
The police said the joint campaigns led to the arrest of 51 defendants against whom protocols were filed under the Sudanese Penal Law, Weapons, Ammunition and Fireworks Law, in addition to the Pharmacy and Poisons Law.
Police said the raid resulted in the seizure of various thefts, including motorcycles, an unregistered vehicle, mobile phones, drugs, firearms, knives, and medicines and medications that citizens do not have a license to handle. And the Khartoum State Police Media added in an official statement seen by Al-Arabiya.net on Monday that the police have launched several campaigns to combat crimes involving theft, looting, unregulated vehicles and motorcycles that drive without license plates, and that the security campaign is targeting selected markets.