Basra, May 1, (VOI)-Police forces seized amounts of weapons and defused twelve roadside bombs during raid-and-search operation conducted in Basra on Thursday, a security source said.“A patrol of Emergency police seized 14 anti-tank mines, five 120mm-calibre mortar rounds, six RPG rockets along 107 mm rockets during a raid-and-search operation conducted in Shatt al-Aran district, east Basra”, a Basra police source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq(VOI).
The source noted “forces from Abu al-Khaseeb police station, south Basra, defused 12 roadside bombs, seized 60mm-calibre mortar canon, three RPG rockets, 400 lighter used in improvised explosive devices (IED).
He added “a landmine planted in al-Tuwaisa neighbourhood, central Basra, was lifted”.