9 arrested in Thi-Qar

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: Nine wanted persons were arrested in southern Thi-Qar province on Saturday, police said. “Policemen in the province arrested nine persons wanted on different charges in the area of al-Abarat, near the marshlands in Souk al-Shyoukh district, (35 km) south of al-Nassiriya,” Maj. General Nasser al-Majidi, the official spokesman for the Thi-Qar Police Department, told IraqiNews.com. Nassiriya, the capital city of Thi-Qar, lies 380 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1