(VOI) -- Police forces on Tuesday released a female hostage half an hour after she was kidnapped by two men in southern Karbala, a local police chief said. "Police forces captured two persons, who had kidnapped a woman while she was riding in a taxi in the south of the city," Karbala Operations Commander Maj. Gen. Raed Shakir Jawdat told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI). "In light of intelligence tips, a police force was sent to chase the taxi, arrest the two kidnappers and release the hostage...," the source explained. The arrest was made in al-Sinaie (Industrial) neighborhood, according to the same source.