Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Baghdad

Wanted men nabbed, arms found in Ninewa

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Four wanted persons on Saturday were captured and a cache containing arms and ammunition was found in separate incidents in Ninewa, according to a local source. “On Saturday, an Iraqi army force arrested three wanted persons in Umm al-Thiban village (120 west of Mosul),” a source from Ninewa’s Operations Command told IraqiNews.com news agency. “A force from the Quick Intervention Corps (QIC) arrested one wanted man in al-Arabi neighborhood (northern Mosul) in accordance with an arrest warrant,” the source noted. Meanwhile, a Mosul-stationed force found a cache of weapons and ammunition inside a deserted house in al-Arbajiya area (eastern Mosul), according to the same previous source. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 1