KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: A combined security force arrested a member of the Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) network southwest of Kirkuk on Saturday, according to a source from the city's Joint Coordination Center (JCC).“A force from the Kirkuk Districts' Police Department (KDPD) and the Tarklan police station arrested a wanted man in accordance with article 4 of the law on terrorism at a checkpoint on the main road linking Kirkuk to al-Huweija district,' the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The detained man is a resident of the village of Karha Qazan, al-Riad district, 45 km southwest of Kirkuk,' he added.
The source said that the arrested man, a member of the “terrorist Al-Qaeda organization, was referred to the anti-crime department in Kirkuk province, and is currently remanded under investigative custody'.