Police arrest 10 wanted men in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Tuesday arrested ten wanted men and seized an explosive belt and weapons found with them during crackdown operations in separate areas of Basra, the media office of the Basra police said. “Police forces waged security raids in separate areas of Basra, where they arrested ten wanted men,” the office told IraqiNews.com news agency, noting that the forces found an explosive belt in their possession. “They confessed that they were planning to detonate an exchange office in central Basra to rob it,” it added. “Two Kalashnikovs and a hand grenade were found with them,” it noted. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1