91 wanted persons, suspects captured in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Policemen in Basra captured 25 wanted men on “criminal” charges and 66 suspects others and seized dozens of unlicensed vehicles and motorbikes in the province on Thursday evening, the city’s police information & relations office said. “The wanted persons and suspects were arrested in a large-scale raid on different areas of the province,” the office told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Our forces also seized 34 unlicensed vehicles and 12 unlicensed motorbikes,” it added. The oil-rich port city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1