WASSIT/ Aswat al-Iraq: Security sources said here today that a major arms trader was arrested south of Kut.
The source told Aswat al-Iraq that the trader was arrested through a security operation, 40 km south Kut, upon intelligence information.
The source added that a quantity of arms was seized, but no other details were given.
Kut, center of the province, lies 180 km south east of the capital, Baghdad.