12 wanted persons captured in Thi-Qar

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: Policemen captured 12 wanted persons on “criminal” charges on Sunday, according to the Thi-Qar police department. “The arrested men are suspected of involvement in murders, kidnapping, forgery and fraud,” the department said in a release received by IraqiNews.com news agency. Thi-Qar lies 380 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1