NEWS: Interpol: 45 arrested in Africa over anti-terrorism, drug stings

Interpol: 45 arrested in Africa over anti-terrorism, drug stings

The global police body, Interpol, on Thursday said no fewer than forty-five people have been arrested in West Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drug trafficking and the financing of terrorism.

Interpol, which is headquartered in France, stated that those arrested included a suspected Islamic State member at the borders between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, and a North African suspected of aiming to travel through Europe to join ISIS in Syria.

It added that cocaine…

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