MISSAN / Aswat al-Iraq: Security forces captured 20 persons wanted on different charges and seized a weapons cache east of al-Amara city on Sunday, according to a police official in Missan.“Police forces in Missan conducted several search raids all over the province, capturing 20 on varied charges including premeditated murder and robbery,” Ghassan Adnan Hammoudi, the Missan Police Department’s information & relations chief, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“Bomb squad personnel also seized an arms cache in the area of al-Tayyeb, (60 km) east of Amara, containing 22 anti-aircraft rockets, 97 other rockets, 19 cannon shells and two tank shells,” he added.
Amara, the capital city of Missan province, lies 390 km south of Baghdad.