Mogadishu (Sunatimes) Somali government troops Government troops in Hiran region has scrapped-off several illegal checkpoints manned by armed militias at Dira’le village, 35 km from Beledweyne town.

Government’s military commander of western side of the region Col. Issack Ali Mohamed confirmed to Bar-kulan the scrapping of the illegal checkpoints, adding that several gangs manning the checkpoints were arrest during the crackdown.

He said the militia men will be arraigned court for banditry. He caution armed gangs running similar illegal checkpoints in the region that they too will never be spared.

Locals welcomed government’s move to overrun the illegal checkpoints in the area, saying the gangs have been terrorizing them for the last a couple of days.

By Sahra Abdi