Tunisian security forces capture arms haul near Libyan border

Tunisian security forces on Monday uncovered a second arms cache in three days near the border with Libya, the interior ministry said.
“As part of ongoing operations against terrorist cells and their members… [security forces] have discovered a new weapons cache 15km from Ben Guerdane” in the southeast, it said.
The cache included 20 rocket-propelled grenade launchers and various types of rockets, 40 anti-tank mines, detonators, grenades and 23 000 rounds of assault rifle ammunition.
A similar find was made in the same area on Friday.

The chaos that has engulfed Libya since the 2011 conflict that led to the fall and death of Moamer Kadhafi also resulted in increased weapons smuggling along its porous border with Tunisia and Algeria.