18 wanted men arrested in Basra

March 24, 2009 - 05:18:48

BASRA / Aswat al-Iraq: Police forces on Tuesday arrested 18 wanted men and seized an amount of ammunition in Basra, a police source said.

“Policemen waged a wide-scale security operation in Basra, where they arrested 18 wanted men and seized 43 mortar shells,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He gave no more details.

Basra is located 590 km south of Baghdad.

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