Coast Guards Stop More Than 500 Illegal Immigrants in Garabouli.
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Garabouli, 3 May 2015(Lana) The coast guard patrol on Sunday
seized 5 boats which were in the process of conducting a journey to
ferry illegal immigrants cross the Mediterranean to Europe, from
Garabouli, 60 km east of Tripoli, a coast guard official said.
The boats were seized in the Libyan territorial water, with more
than 500 people on board, they were still in the Sea guarded by the
patrol boats, Rida Issa, Commander of the Central Region of the Coast
Guard Forces told the Libyan news agency.
The patrol also seized a number of Italian trawlers, but as they
did the Italian Navy intervened and barred the patrol boats from
approaching them, Issa said.
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