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According to some Libyan officials, four Libyan customs officers were seized on 24 June on Libyan soil by masked Tunisian traders/smugglers. Although they were later released, this allegedly then led to 12 Tunisian traders being seized near the border and taken to Zuwara by Libyan border guards, where they are supposedly still being held. The Ben Guerdane official, however, denies this version of events, saying that the four Libyan customs officers were arrested on corruption charges by a Libyan brigade which he named Al Muqannaoon (the hooded/masked men). |
