BASRA, Iraq (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Security forces captured 18 persons wanted on different charges defused an improvised explosive device (IED) during search raids all over the province of Basra on Monday, a police spokesman said.
“Forces from the Basra police conducted 13 search raids, arresting 18 wanted men,” Col.Abdulkareem al-Zaydi, the director of the Basra police department’s relations & information, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The raiding forces also dismantled an IED planted in the area of al-Djamiyat, (8 km) western Basra,” he added.
The oil-rich port city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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