8 wanted persons, 14 suspects arrested in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Policemen arrested eight wanted persons on different criminal charges and 14 suspects others and seized munitions in a raid in some areas in Basra, the province’s police information office said. “The munitions seized included 52 shells and 12 cannon rockets on the road linking the areas of al-Zubeir and Safwan, (60 km) western Basra,” the office told IraqiNews.com news agency. The oil-rich port city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1