6 wanted persons nabbed in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces arrested on Thursday six wanted men and seized amounts of explosives in Basra, a police source said. “Policemen launched on Thursday (Oct. 7) 13 security operations in separate areas of Basra, where they arrested six wanted men,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The forces seized a bag of TNT in a market in al-Zubeir district, western Basra,” he continued, without giving further details. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1