KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: Security forces in Kirkuk on Sunday captured two wanted persons and two suspects others and seized munitions in different areas of the province, according to a senior security official.“A force from the Kirkuk Districts’ Police Department captured two wanted men in a checkpoint on the Kirkuk-Huweija road, (65 km) southwest of Kirkuk,” KDPD Director Brig. Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The wanted men are Abdullah Muhammad Ibrahim, 27, a local resident of Tal al-Ward village, al-Abbassi district, a member of the al-Naqshabandiya Army group, while the other is Ali Hussein Muhammad, 40, a local resident of Halawa village, al-Huweija district. They were both handed over to the anti-crime department for interrogations,” Qader said.
He added that a combined force from the KDPD and soldiers from 2nd Contingent, Brig. 46, 12th Division raided the villages of al-Rassouliya and al-Uwaydat in al-Huweija district and handed them over to the Huweija police station for investigations.
Meanwhile, a source from the Kirkuk-based Joint Coordination Center (JCC) seized scrap munitions that belonged to the former Iraqi army in the village of Qarat Naw, Shawan district, (35 km) north of Kirkuk.
“The munitions, which included 30 mortar shells of 60 mm. caliber, were removed by Shawan police station patrols without incident,” the source added.