{"id":40872,"date":"2023-07-30T16:10:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T16:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/more-than-100-diamond-stones-seized-2"},"modified":"2023-07-30T16:34:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T16:34:22","slug":"more-than-100-diamond-stones-seized-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/more-than-100-diamond-stones-seized-2","title":{"rendered":"More than 100 diamond stones seized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) seized 170 diamonds of different carats, as part of &#8220;Operation X-Ray&#8221;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The information was provided this Saturday by the Institutional Communication and Press technician of the Provincial Command of the National Police, Alexandre Pereira, stressing that the diamonds were seized in the municipalities of Chitato, Cambulo and Lucapa.<\/p>\n<p>26 motorcycle bombs were also seized, as well as the same number of mine bars, among other means used for the illicit exploitation of diamonds.<\/p>\n<p>He made it known that the diamonds were in the possession of a group of individuals who were illegally exploiting the strategic mineral.<\/p>\n<p>He said that in the same operation, 7,750 liters of smuggled fuel were seized, destined for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n<p>The operation, which is still ongoing, also resulted in the arrest of 589 immigrants from the DRC for attempting to enter the country illegally.<\/p>\n<p>The official adds that the immigrants, after administrative procedures, were repatriated in the country of origin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\">Angola<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. The Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) seized 170 diamonds of different carats, as part of &#8220;Operation X-Ray&#8221;. The information was provided this Saturday by the Institutional Communication and Press technician of the Provincial Command of the National Police, Alexandre Pereira, stressing that the diamonds were seized in the municipalities of Chitato, Cambulo and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":40871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[233,337,329],"class_list":["post-40872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-angola","tag-angola"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>More than 100 diamond stones seized - Angola<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) seized 170 diamonds of different carats, as part of &quot;Operation X-Ray&quot;. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/more-than-100-diamond-stones-seized-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More than 100 diamond stones seized\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) seized 170 diamonds of different carats, as part of &quot;Operation X-Ray&quot;. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/more-than-100-diamond-stones-seized-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Angola\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-30T16:10:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-30T16:34:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/sm_1690718189.47636.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"856\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/more-than-100-diamond-stones-seized-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/more-than-100-diamond-stones-seized-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"More than 100 diamond stones seized\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-30T16:10:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-30T16:34:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/more-than-100-diamond-stones-seized-2\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/more-than-100-diamond-stones-seized-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/sm_1690718189.47636.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Angola\",\"Angola\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/more-than-100-diamond-stones-seized-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/more-than-100-diamond-stones-seized-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/more-than-100-diamond-stones-seized-2\",\"name\":\"More than 100 diamond stones seized - 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