Baghdad, Federal Police forces carried out inspections, clearance, and seized unlicensed weapons in the Baghdad and Kirkuk governorates.
The Ministry of the Interior stated in a statement: ‘A force from the Ninth Brigade, Third Division, Federal Police, in conjunction with the brigade’s intelligence, and a detachment of drones, supported by the engineering effort of the brigade’s headquarters, carried out a search and clearing operation for the villages of (Braij, Al-Sabti, and Kisouma) in Kirkuk, which resulted in the discovery of (an anti-aircraft launcher missile) anti-Armored vehicles, 2 mortar bombs (60, 82 mm), a homemade explosive device, destroyed by engineering effort detachments).’
It added: ‘The security efforts of our units, which aim to confine weapons to the state to ensure the security and safety of citizens, carried out a search for unlicensed weapons in the (Umm al-Kubar and al-Ghazalan) area in Baghdad, which resulted in the seizure of (6 different types of rifles, a pistol, 14 rifle store
s, and 70 ammunition stores).’ Light equipment and other materials, and the seized materials were dealt with in the proper manner.’
Source: National Iraqi News Agency