50 wanted persons, suspects arrested in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Security forces arrested on Thursday 11 persons wanted on “criminal” charges and 39 suspects others in Basra, according to the province’s police information & relations office. “The arrests were conducted in a search crackdown on different areas of the province,” the office told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Our forces also seized a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a gun, their munitions, a cell phone, 23 unlicensed vehicles and 10 unlicensed motorbikes,” it added. The oil-rich port city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1