Arrest of drug dealers in Anbar and Kirkuk

The Military Intelligence Directorate announced today, Monday, the arrest of two drug traffickers in Anbar and Kirkuk.

The directorate said in a statement received by the “Video News Agency” that “as part of efforts to pursue drug traffickers and promoters, the Military Intelligence Directorate carried out two separate intelligence operations that resulted in the arrest of two suspects in Anbar and Kirkuk provinces.”

It added, “The operations were based on accurate intelligence information and the field effort of the intelligence and security departments of the 7th Infantry Division and the reconnaissance battalion of the 8th Mechanized Infantry Division after tracking the suspects and identifying their locations and arresting them according to the provisions of Article (28) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.” 

It clarified, “The suspects, along with the seized narcotic materials, were handed over to the relevant authorities for legal procedures to be completed against them.”