75 suspects, wanted men arrested in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Wednesday arrested 75 suspects and wanted men during security raids in separate regions of Basra, the Basra police said. “The Basra police launched wide-scale security operations in separate areas of Basra, where they arrested 75 suspected gunmen and wanted men,” the police told IraqiNews.com news agency. “They also seized 26 unlicensed vehicles,” it added. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) 1