Dozens of armed men stormed, on Tuesday morning, the branch of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Authority in the city of Taiz. They surrounded the building, blocked roads, stormed the building housing the branch’s headquarters, assaulted employees, pointed weapons in their faces, and threatened them.

Scoop24 ​​News republishes a statement issued by the Authority.

While the branch of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Authority in Taiz was preparing to destroy a large quantity of smuggled medicines that had been seized and seized several days ago by the authority, and in cooperation with the security services at the Al-Misrakh Sabr point during an attempt to smuggle them into the city, dozens of gunmen stormed the authority’s branch in Exactly at ten o'clock in the morning, they surrounded the building, blocked the roads, stormed the building housing the branch's headquarters, assaulted the employees, pointed weapons in their faces and threatened them, and forcibly took the smuggled medicines that the branch, along with the relevant authorities, were preparing to take in order to carry out the process of legal destruction of them.

The branch of the Commission, while condemning these crimes and practices that undermine the security of institutions in light of the presence of the state, and hinder the tasks and work of its offices and institutions, calls on the local authority and security services to be responsible for arresting the aggressing militants and taking them to the competent authorities to receive their deterrent punishment, warning of the consequences and catastrophe of the arrival of these medicines. Smuggled to the market and its danger to people's lives as it is a deadly poison.

In the face of this crime, the branch will not stop at condemning it only, especially since its impact will not stop at the point of attacking its employees, but will extend to stalking people’s lives, and it is the greatest crime that we must all stand up to and restore the prestige of the state and its institutions and put an end to all those who He tries to harm her.