3 drug dealers detained in Thi-Qar

Thi-Qar THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: Three drug dealers were arrested on Thursday north of Nassiriya, according to a statement released by the Thi-Qar police. “Police forces on Thursday (Feb. 19) three drug dealers in al-Shatra district in the north of Nassiriya,” said the statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. Thi-Qar, 380 km south of Baghdad, has an area of 12,900 square kilometers (4,980.7 sq mi). In 2003 the estimated population of the governorate was 1,454,200 people. Thi-Qar was the second Iraqi province where security responsibilities were transferred from the Multi-National Force (MNF) to the Iraqis. The province’s capital is the city of al-Nassiriya. It also includes the ancient Sumerian ruins of Ur, Eridu, Lagash and Ngirsu. Before 1976 the province was known as al-Muntafiq. SH (P)/SR 1