16 wanted men nabbed in Basra
March 2, 2009 - 06:44:28
BASRA / Aswat al-Iraq: Joint forces on Monday arrested 16 wanted men and seized an amount of ammunition during a crackdown operation in southern Basra, the media office of the Basra police said.
“Joint police-army forces launched a wide-scale security operation in Umm Rusas island in southern Basra, where they arrested 16 wanted men,” the office told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The forces seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition,” it added.
Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad.
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