Joint forces arrest 5 smugglers on borders with Syria

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Joint forces arrested on Monday five smugglers on Iraqi-Syrian borders in west of Mosul, according to a security source. “Border guards, backed by U.S. forces, arrested on Monday (May 3) five smugglers on borders with Syria, west of Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “They were arrested while attempting to smuggle 27 boxes of cigarettes,” he added. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 3