5 wanted men detained in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Five wanted men were arrested on Wednesday in separate areas of Basra, a police source said. “Policemen launched crackdown operations in separate areas of Basra, where they arrested five wanted men,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The forces seized 7 kg of drugs in an iron box in Safwan region on borders with Kuwait,” he added. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) 2