BOC announces capturing 18 suspects, thwarting an attempt to set fire to power station

Baghdad-INA

The Security Media Cell announced on Saturday, the arrest of 18 suspects and thwarting an attempt to set fire to a mobile power station.

SMC said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): The security forces and  the intelligence agencies are continuing their efforts to pursue the remnants of ISIS terrorist gangs, outlaws, and organized crime, as a force from the 4^th  Brigade of the Federal Police and a detachment from the National Security Service managed to arrest an accused According to Article 4 -1 of Anti-Terrorism after setting up an ambush in (Al-Arifiya) area, and he is wanted by the Diyala Investigation Court.

The statement added thata force from the 2^nd Brigade of Federal Police, based on intelligence information, also managed to arrest three suspects who were trying to set fire to a mobile power station after ambushed them in al-Ubaidi area, east of Baghdad, indicating that the two brigades of (42-44) units of the 1st Infantry Division Ten managed to arrest (10) person accused according to various legal articles within al-Rusafa sector.

SMC added that the units of the 1^st and 2^nd Division of the Federal Police, were also able to arrest four suspects on charges of drug dealing, and seizing weapons and ammunitions during search operations within the sectors of al-Karkh and al-Rusafa, noting that al-Yarmouk police patrols were able to arrest a suspect, in addition to arrest another one for drug dealing, as the police forces seized (400) narcotic drugs in Al-Rashad area.