The Basra Governorate Police Command announced today, Wednesday, the arrest of a person accused of selling narcotic pills red-handed in one of the areas of the governorate center.
The Command explained in a statement that the detachments of the 4th Police Emergency Regiment arrested an accused drug trafficker and seized in his possession a quantity of narcotic pills, a pistol, and a Kalashnikov rifle. This was done by gathering information and setting up an elaborate ambush that resulted in his arrest.
The Police Command indicated that the accused was fundamentally arrested to complete the necessary legal procedures against him, and referred him to the judiciary to receive his just punishment./End
Source: National Iraqi News Agency