Libyan footballer Edris Meckraz arrested by Dignity Operation in Derna
The Dignity Operation forces, led by Khalifa Haftar, arrested Thursday the previous football player, Edris Meckraz, at western Karsa checkpoint in Derna.
Meckraz was arrested by Dignity Operation forces when he was coning back from Sousa to Derna to fill his car with fuel; he was taken to infamous Gernada prison.
Sources added that his car was found at the checkpoint where he was arrested – 20 km away from Derna.
Meckraz is a footballer who played for the Libyan national team in the 1990s and he was a player for Al-Ahli in Tripoli.
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