28 wanted men detained, weapons confiscated in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: The security forces in southern Iraq’s port-city of Basra has detained 28 wanted men and confiscated middle-size weapons and unlicensed vehicles, in inspection operations in different parts of the Province, according to a Basra Police media source on Monday.   “Our police forces have implemented 10 inspection operations that ended with the detention of 28 men, wanted for different cases in Basra Province ,” the media source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   The media source also said that the “police forces have also confiscated a quantity of middle-size weapons and a number of vehicles that did not carry official documents.”   Basra , the center of the Province carrying the same name, is 590 km to the south of Baghdad .   SKH (ST)