The General Directorate of Customs handed over, on Thursday, in Manga, a batch of motorcycles as well as fuel and explosive materials to the South-Central governorate for decentralized security and administrative services.The donation consists of precisely 14 motorcycles, 525 liters of diesel and 6,510 sticks of explosive materials that can be used in the defense strategy in the fight against terrorism, announced the director general of customs, divisional inspector Adama Ilboudo.Mr. Ilboudo, who spoke at the equipment handover ceremony, explained that it was following a request addressed to his structure that the initiative for the donation was taken.By making this donation as well, it was, according to him, an act aimed at strengthening the links between customs and its partners, in particular the other defense and security forces.On the origin of the motorcycles handed over, divisional inspector Adama Ilboudo said that they come from machines seized by the customs administration and which were sub ject to confiscation.'The law allows us, in certain circumstances, to be able to donate what we seize. And it is in view of the relevance of the request that we said to ourselves that it was good to go beyond the request which was formulated to support the region in its quest for peace,' noted the director general of customs.Concretely, indicated the governor of the Center-South, Yvette Nacoulma, the rolling machines will be distributed between the brigade of Volunteers for the Defense of the Fatherland (VDP) with four motorcycles and the police, the gendarmerie, the environment as well as the Council regional center of the South and the governorate, due to two motorcycles per service.'For fuel, we will discuss in the cell to determine the distribution that will be made,' underlined Ms. Nacoulma.Welcoming an act of 'great importance', the governor of the Center-South maintained that the equipment received will help consolidate security gains within the region and allow the beneficiary administrative s ervices to operate regularly.The regional director of the national police of the Center-South, Senior Police Commissioner Minata Traoré, also expressed her recognition and gratitude to customs for its 'highly civic and exemplary' gesture.'The donation fills a deficit in the region and for that we will say thank you to the general directorate of customs,' she said.Continuing, she maintained that in addition to strengthening the operational capacities of the beneficiary services, customs comes through this gesture 'to enhance the relationship of good collaboration between brothers in arms'.Source: Burkina Information Agency