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Diyala police founds explosives cache northeast of Baqubah

 Diyala police founds explosives cache northeast of Baqubah

Archival photo.

Archival photo.
Archival photo.

(IraqiNews.com) Diyala – On Wednesday the commander of Diyala police Major General Jassim al-Saadi announced finding a cache containing weapons, explosives and medicines during search operations conducted northeast of Baqubah.

Saadi said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “Security forces from the police’s emergency regiment carried out wide-scale search operations in the vicinity of Hanbs villages, and found a weapons and explosives cache containing nine launchers, six Katyusha rockets, six mortar shells, a number of improvised explosive devices and medicines.”

Saadi added, “The operations were carried out to eliminate the danger of ISIS sleeper cells in the areas of Diyala.”

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