The area district commissioner Mohamed Moalim Ahmed told Sunatimes that the operation came after they received credible information that some youths were planning to commit crime in the area.

He said the arrested youths are suspected to have links with the outlawed Al-Shabaab militants and are now undergoing intensive interrogations.

He added that if they are proofed to be members or sympathizers of the militant group, they will be arraigned in court soon.