10 wanted men arrested, rocket dismantled in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Ten men wanted on different charges were captured and an anti-tank rocket dismantled during a search raid all over the province of Basra, according to the police media officer on Thursday. “Policemen in Basra conducted 12 inspection raids in different parts of the province, arresting 10 persons on charges of various crimes,” Lt. Colonel, Kareem al-Zaydi told IraqiNews.com news agency. Zaydi also said that the same forces dismantled an anti-tank rocket and seized three unlicensed vehicles. The oil-rich port city of Basra, Iraq’s only outlet to waterways, lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SKH (P)/AmR 1