Somali security agencies conducted a massive swoop in Mogadishu and arrested over a dozen suspected militants in capital, Mogadishu.
The intelligence-led operation was conducted from house to house targeting suspects with links with the Islamist group, Al-Shabaab.
SNA supported by African Union troops (AMISOM) raided homes and shops of the suspects in the capital on Monday morning.
According to the local administration, the suspects who are being held in custody will be questioned with a view to getting more information from them.
Security officials believe armed groups have used residential areas as bases to prepare attacks and then mingled with residents in urban areas to carry them out.
