15 wanted persons arrested, arms seized in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Basra policemen captured 15 wanted persons and seized light arms and hand-grenades during raids on different areas of the province on Saturday, a local security source said. “Police forces in Basra conducted 14 search raids all over the province, arresting 15 wanted on different charges and seized a number of Kalashnikov assault rifles and three hand-grenades,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The oil-rich port city of Basra, Iraq’s only outlet to waterways, lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1