| Submit your comments on this article |
| Iraq |
| 11 wanted persons captured in Basra |
| 2008-05-29 |
| (VOI) – Police forces arrested 11 wanted persons who were convicted in relation to criminal and terrorism-related cases during security operations in different parts of Basra province, a local police source said on Wednesday. "On Wednesday, forces from the Ministry of Interior in Basra conducted raid-and-search campaigns in the different parts of the province and arrested 11 wanted individuals who were convicted in criminal and terrorism-related cases," the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq- (VOI). "A total of 63 mortar shells of different types and sizes were seized in eastern Basra's Shatt al-Arab area, in addition to seven grenades, 50 RPG-7 and 12 charges," the source noted. A state-owned pick-up, which had been stolen from a state department, was found in the same area, the source added. Iraqi security forces have conducted several raid-and-search operations in Basra with the aim of tracking down gunmen and outlaws, in the aftermath of violent clashes that broke out between government forces and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia groups in late March. |
| Posted by:Fred |