9 arrested on criminal, terror charges

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Nine persons on Sunday were arrested on criminal and terrorism-related charges during security operations in Basra, according to a local source. “During search raids in different parts of the province, police forces have captured nine individuals, who are wanted on criminal and terror charges,” the media office of Basra police told IraqiNews.com. Six unlicensed vehicles were seized during the operations, according to the office. Basra, 590 km (340 miles) south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, has an estimated metropolitan population of 2,300,000 in 2008. SS (P)/SR 1