By Libya Herald staff.
Tunis, 6 October 2014:
Six Libyans arrested yesterday in Ben Guerdane initially accused being smugglers are now being accused . . .[restrict]of being terrorists, the Libya Herald has been informed.
According to a Tunisian security source, the six had cash in various currencies worth 1.3 million Tunisian dinars ($720,000) on then at the time of their arrest and were initially thought to be smugglers. The Tunisian media reported them as such.
However, their interrogation had revealed them to be “terrorists” claimed the source . He said the Tunisian authorities now believed they had gone to Tunisia to bring back recruits Libya. However, it has not been divulged which group they supposedly belong to.
According to the Tunisian new agency TAP, the six are “dangerous smugglers” who have been taking young militant Salfists to Libya for training for operations either in Libya or Syria.
It said that not only was the money discovered with them, but so too were guns and bullets, ten vehicles, three laptop computers, portable phones and 631 bottle of alcohol – the later presumably for sale in Libya. [/restrict]
