Drug smugglers' drone seized in Basra

Security

20-04-2022, 11:34

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Baghdad-INA

The Intelligence Agency announced Wednesday the seizure of a reconnaissance drone belonging to drug smugglers in Basra.

A statement by the intelligence agency, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), stated, "With a qualitative operation based on accurate information, the Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency in the Ministry of Interior was able to thwart an attempt to reconnaissance the border strip with a drone coming from one of the neighboring countries in Basra Governorate belonging to drug smugglers."

The statement explained that "the seizure operation came after setting up a tight ambush in the Siba district, using special techniques, by a specialized work team in the Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency in the Ministry of Interior, who was able to seize and bring it down," noting that "the necessary measures were taken."