Government sources said Imad Trabelsi, commander of the Public Security Service in Tripoli, and Ghaniwa al-Kikli, commander of the Stability Support Force, received an amount of 30 million dinars (about $7 million) from the Central Bank of Libya on Tuesday at the direction of outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.
The sources reported the formation of a new agency to consolation for Imad Trabelsi, called the “Desert Patrols and Border Guards Service”, headed by “Mohamed al-Marhani, Imad Trabelsi’s deputy and former Undersecretary of the Interior Ministry of Dbeibeh’s government.
The sources confirmed that Dbeibeh is trying to split the Zintan forces, represented by Major General Osama al-Juwaili, and he succeeded in that where he won Trabelsi in his side, who recently announced his joining the Tripoli Protection Force, formed to repel any expected attack from Major General Osama al-Juwaili’s forces.