Security arrangements tightened, 13 wanted arrested in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Basra Police’s Media Department announced today that 13 wanted were arrested in search raids in different parts of the province, as well as tightening arrangements around the perimeters of Basra province and the provincial council, in expectation of any possible breach.   The Department told IraqiNews.com that 11 search raids were carried out, which resulted in the arrest of 13 wanted persons for different charges, as well finding light weapons and confiscating unregistered vehicles.   Security procedures were tightened around the perimeters of the province and the provincial council. The spokesman added, “this is not connected to direct terrorist attacks, but within the security procedures in anticipation of what has happened in other Iraqi provinces.”   Basra city, the center of the province, lies 590 km to the south of the capital, Baghdad. RM (TS)/SR 796