Interior Minister Lieutenant General Babiker Samura confirmed that the criminal security situation in Khartoum has returned to pre-war levels. He said the ministry had confirmed that there were no military security lapses and that responsibility for internal security in most areas had been assigned to the police.
The minister said the ministry had dismantled unauthorized checkpoints and brought an end, within a short period, to incidents involving individuals impersonating official security forces.
According to Al Arabiya, the minister explained that there are currently no arms-trafficking activities in Khartoum or in the areas that have been liberated.
Regarding border security, the minister stressed that no force had moved from inside Sudan to attack Ethiopia, and that security forces were in control of the border strip.
He also confirmed that there had been no influx of Ethiopian refugees or military personnel into Sudan following the recent clashes between Ethiopian forces and the Tigray forces.
On counter-narcotics efforts, the minister said security forces had detected numerous attempts to smuggle drugs into Sudan under the guise of medical medicines and pharmaceutical products.
He confirmed that those arrested in drug-related cases had no affiliation with the army or allied forces.
Regarding prisons and escaped inmates, the minister said approximately 19,000 convicted prisoners had been released from prisons during the war.
He explained that security authorities had managed to arrest around 1,000 of the escaped inmates and return them to prison.
He added that a large number of escaped prisoners had joined the rebel militia.
