Yemeni official reveals important details about dangerous gang activities in Yemen

A spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, Brigadier General Abdul Khaleq Al-Ajri, revealed important details about the activities of the organized theft gang that had been recently arrested in the capital Sanaa, according to Yemen Press Agency.

The recently arrested theft gang was organized, and not like simple, junior gangs, indicating that the gang focused on stealing electronic devices belonging to official bodies in order to obtain important information, the spokesman Al-Ajri affirmed.

The surveillance cameras and the reports submitted by the citizens greatly helped to expose this gang, Al-Ajri said.

The relationship between the gang and the head of its leaders were monitored and clear, adding that the gang was sending some of the stolen items that they thought were serving them as intelligence services to Marib and Aden, the spokesman indicated.

The gang consisted of 50 people, most of whom had the dangerous precedents, Brigadier General Al-Ajri confirmed.

One of the arrested gangs was in possession of more than 600 phones, 30 pistols, and 8 very expensive guns, indicating that the gang stole more than 40 cars, and more than 50 citizens were robbed, he explained.

The gang had confessed to all thefts and its association with the forces of the aggression coalition,Brigadier General Al-Ajri affirmed.