12 wanted persons, 3 suspects nabbed in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Twelve wanted persons and three suspected gunmen have been arrested during security raids in separate areas in Basra, a police source said on Wednesday. “Police forces launched crackdown operations in separate areas in Basra, where they arrested 12 wanted persons and three suspected gunmen,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The forces seized also a number of Kalashnikovs and two hand grenades,” he added. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) 1