Police arrest armed-robbery gang in Anbar

Anbar-Heit ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Thursday arrested an armed-robbery gang in central Heit, a police source said. “Acting on intelligence reports which indicated the presence of an armed-robbery gang in nearby gardens in Heit, police forces ambushed the six-person gang and arrested it,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “They seized an unlicensed vehicle found with them,” he added. Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. Anbar is the largest province in Iraq geographically. Encompassing much of the country’s western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Anbar is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim Arab. Anbar’s main cities are Falluja, the capital Ramadi, Haditha, Hit, Aana and Rutba. The name of the province translates “granaries,” as this region was the primary entrepôt on the western borders of Lakhmid Kingdom. The province was known as Dulaim until 1962 when it was changed to Ramadi. In 1976 it was renamed al-Anbar. SH (S)/SR 1