Almotamar.net, Saba - Security authorities have intensified its security procedures along the coastal line in case of any arms smuggling operations to Yemen, Interior Ministry reported on Thursday.

The Ministry has tightened control on all main and secondary harbors and taken precautionary procedures all along the coasts to foil any weapon smuggling operations to the country.

The Ministry has coordinated with naval forces and the military camps located in the coastal governorates to hold any suspect boasts.

The security bodies watch around the clock the ship movements sailing nearby the Yemeni coasts to prevent any entering for smuggled weapons in addition to drugs into the Yemeni territories.

Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defense Affairs Rashad al-Alimi has said before the Parliament that the government has fears about possibility of unloading an arms shipment in Somalia or Djibouti and to be smuggled into Yemen on boats, affirming that necessary actions have been taken by the government.