ARBIL / Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraq Kurdistan Region's security agency, or asayesh, seized a large arms cache belonging to the Ansar al-Islam group in the outskirts of Arbil province and arrested a member of the group, according to a statement by the agency."The asayesh anti-terrorism department seized a cache containing weapons belonging to terrorists of the Ansar al-Islam (Supporters of Islam) group and arrested one of its members," read the statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The explosives had been brought from outside the Iraq Kurdistan Region and were carried gradually into Arbil, it added.
The weapons and explosives included artillery, RPG and mortar shells, explosive materials, improvised explosive devices, explosive belts and medium and small weapons, it read.
Asayesh or asayish (Kurdish for security) is a Kurdish organization, created in September 1993.
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It acts under the command of the Kurdish National Assembly and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).