Puntland coast guards on the hunt for migrants’ smugglers

Puntland coastal guard forces have launched an operation hunting down people who smuggle immigrants to Sudan.

Admiral Abdirizak Diriye, the head of the coastal guards has told Goobjoog News that the smugglers has now opened a new route in which they ferry people to Sudan, then people would be taken to Libya where they cross the Mediterranean sea to Europe.

He however denied the existence of Puntland youths recruited by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) or better known as its Arabic acronym Daesh.

“Its lie that Deash recruits youths here, but I can tell you new smugglers have emerged with new route to Sudan” said the commander.
He said that there someone who masterminded all this, but now he is on the run.

Puntland was known to be a departure point for migrants trying to reach Yemen for decades, but this has stopped since the breakout of war in Yemen.

Goobjoog News