7 wanted men, 2 suspects nabbed in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Monday arrested seven wanted persons and two suspected gunmen and seized a number of unlicensed vehicles in Basra, a police source said. “Policemen launched crackdown operations in separate areas of Basra, where they arrested seven wanted men and two suspected gunmen,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The forces seized four unlicensed vehicles during the operations,” he added. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1