(VOI) - Security forces on Tuesday arrested an 8-person kidnapping gang and seized a weapons cache, the Karbala police chief said. “Security forces captured eight wanted men, who were members of a gang involved in a number of kidnappings in Karbala,” Brig. Gen. Raid Shakir, commander of Karbala security operations, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).
Karbala has seen a number of cases of kidnapping. A few days ago, a female university student was kidnapped by three kidnappers and released a short time later. The police chief noted "interrogations with the three kidnappers led to the location of the remaining gang members.” Meanwhile, the police chief pointed out “security forces, based on an intelligence tip-off, uncovered a weapons cache in a house located in western Karbala,” adding “it contained 239 canon rounds.” |