Four demanded persons detained, air-landing fails in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: A Joint Kirkuk Army and Police force has detained 4 demanded persons, found weapons and cash in their possession, whilst it carried out a foiled air-landing, Kirkuk ’s Police Director, Sarhad Qader reported on Monday.   “A Kirkuk Army and Police Force has carried out an inspection campaign early on Monday south of Kirkuk, where it detained 4 demanded persons,” Lt-Brigadier, Sarhad Qader, told IraqiNews.com news agency.   Qader said that “two rifles and cash money was found with the possession of the detained men, who were handed over to the related parties for investigations”   He pointed out that a joint Iraqi Police and an American Force had carried out an air-landing operation early in the day in a village of Hawija Township, 65 km to the southwest of Kirkuk , to arrest a leading demanded person, but the operation had failed.   The oil-rich city of Kirkuk is 280 km to the northeast of Baghdad .   SKH (IT) 459