[NINANEWS] The Security Media Cell announced today, Sunday, the arrest of 5 wanted Lions of Islam in the provinces of Baghdad and Diyala.The Cell stated in a statement: "The detachments of the Intelligence Agency specialized in combating terrorism in Baghdad, on the side of Karkh, and within intelligence information that included the presence of three wanted persons in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of the fight against terrorism, and after following up and investigating the required targets and with an elaborate ambush, they were arrested."
It added, "The defendants belonged to ISIS gangs, and through interrogation with them, they confessed to belonging to those gangs," noting that "their statements were recorded and referred to the competent investigative authorities to bring them to the judiciary to receive their just punishment."
In the same context, the cell stated in another statement, "The Rapid Response Division commando regiment in the Ministry of Interior, in cooperation with the division's intelligence department, managed to arrest two drug pushers, one of whom holds a foreign nationality, in Harouniyah checkpoint in Muqdadiya district, Diyala province."
It continued: "Narcotics and drug paraphernalia were seized in their possession," pointing to "handing over the suspects, along with the seized items, to the duly competent authorities."