OSINT SUMMARY
SNA forces have conducted a heavy cleanup operation aimed at removing illegal roadblocks installed by armed militias in Lower Shabelle region.
The operation comes after several complaints were launched by travelers and transport vehicle owners over extortion by militias in the past weeks.
Militias likely to be Al-Shabaab members purporting to be government forces have set-up roadblocks to collect revenues from vehicles plying roads linking towns from the region.
The operation that was launched on Monday has seen several of armed men apprehended in an SNA operation carried out in Afgooye district.
