Weapons cache found in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Tuesday found a weapons cache in the west of Basra, the media office of the Basra police said. “The forces found the depot in al-Barjassiya region in the west of Basra,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The depot contains 27 anti-shields missiles, 12 mortar shells and 28 cannonballs,” the office told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The forces also defused a bomb, planted in al-Mishraq region in central Basra,” he added. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad.   SH (P)/SR 1