Weapons Ban in Yemen: 300K Confiscated
Where do you think they are reselling the confiscated weapons? Any restrictions on the major weapons dealers and importers yet, no? The black market is a major aspect of the Yemeni economy.
SANAA, Yemen, July 16 (UPI) — Yemen’s Interior Ministry says nearly 293,000 unregistered weapons have been seized since a ban on carrying weapons was instituted in August 2007.
The official Yemeni news agency SABA said the weapons were seized in the capitals of Yemen’s governorates and at security cordon areas.
Deputy Interior Minister Saleh al-Zawari activated the weapon-carrying ban in the governorates of Abyan, Baidha’a, Hadramout, Ibb, Lahj, Mahrah, Mahweet, Abyan, Ibb, Raymah and Taiz.
Zawari said the ban, which he insists will remain in place, has resulted in a decline in the number of land disputes and revenge crimes in Yemen, as well as an overall drop in the country’s crime rates, SABA reported.
