53 persons detained, kidnapped person freed in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Thursday arrested 53 wanted men and suspected gunmen and freed a kidnapped person in separate crackdown operations in Basra, a media police source said. “Policemen waged security raids in separate areas of Basra, where 25 wanted men and 28 suspects were arrested,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The forces seized three bombs and Kalashnikovs,” he added. “Another police force managed also to free a kidnapped girl and arrested her kidnappers in al-Zubeir district, western Basra,” a source from the Interior Ministry said. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 2