Organized Crimes

TAIZ, Sept. 20 (YPA) - The counter-smuggling unit of police branch in Taiz province on Monday seized an amount of illegal and counterfeit currency that the Saudi-led coalition had printed with the aim of harming the national economy. The…

AMRAN, Sept. 19 (YPA) – Police of Harf Sufian district in Amran province on Sunday seized 200 kilograms of narcotic hashish on board a “SUV” car. The car's driver admitted that he had brought narcotic hashish from the areas controlled by…

TAIZ, Sept. 19 (YPA) - A girl killed on Saturday her father in Hajr al-Sawa area of al-Maafir district in Taiz province, local sources said. The sources said that a girl called Bushra al-Tamimi killed her father Bashir, injured her mother…

LAHJ, Sept. 15 (YPA) - A number of citizens were killed and injured on Wednesday in an explosion in Lahj province, south of Yemen, local sources said. The sources affirmed that a gunman named Ashraf Badr, threw a hand grenade on a grocery…

SHABWA, Sept. 14 (YPA) - A French national has been released after being detained in one of secret prisons in Shabwa province for nearly 8 months, east of Yemen. Wedad Al-Doh, the human rights activist, said on Facebook that a French…

ABYAN, Sept. 14 (YPA) – Two militia members affiliated with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) were killed on Monday when unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on them in Zenjbar city of Abyan province,…

TAIZ, Sept. 13 (YPA) – The police and customs of Taiz province destroyed on Sunday a quantity of Israeli-made smuggled clothes. The police explained that the counter-smuggling unit in the province seized a truck coming from Aden province…

HAJJAH, Sept. 12 (YPA) - Police of Haradh District in Hajjah province on Sunday seized 62 kilograms of externally-manufactured hashish, in addition to 15 plastic bags containing 14,966 narcotic pills. The police stated that the quantity was…

HADHRAMAUT, Sept. 12 (YPA) - A senior officer in the “Hadhrami elite” pro-UAE factions in Hadhramaut province, eastern Yemen, was assassinated on Saturday in areas controlled by Islah militants in the oil plateau. This comes as tensions…

ADEN, Sept. 09 (YPA) - Unidentified gunmen assassinated a short while ago a principal of a school in the port city of Aden, southern Yemen. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Iqra Schools, Salem Ali Salem, was killed in Aden, when gunmen…