9 captured, arms cache seized in Ninewa
NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: An Iraqi army force detained nine persons wanted in accordance with Article 4 of the law on terrorism and seized an explosives cache separately in Mosul city Sunday, a security source said.
A force from the Iraqi armys 2nd Division stationed in Mosul arrested nine wanted men in different areas of the west coast in Mosul, the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The detained men are now under investigative custody at the 2nd Division command headquarters, he added.
In a separate incident, the army forces, acting upon intelligence tip-offs, seized a cache of arms and munitions in Talkeef district, north of Mosul.
The cache contained anti-tank weapons, improvised explosive devices and thermal bombs, he added.
Posted by: Steve White 2011-05-09 |