Arms & ammo seized in Missan

March 6, 2009 - 03:06:41

MISSAN / Aswat al-Iraq: An Iraqi army’s 10th Division force on Friday seized an amount of arms and munitions during a search raid in different areas of Missan, an official army source said.

“The force seized 16 Kalashnikov assault rifles, eight mortar shells, eight rockets, 15 RPG-7 shells, two night-vision goggles and several anti-personnel and anti-tank landmines,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“Thirteen unlicensed vehicles were also seized in the raid,” he added.

Missan lies 390 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

AmR (P)

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