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July 4, 2003
Release Number: 03-07-21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COALITION FORCES SEIZE ILLEGAL HAUL
BASRAH, Iraq - In the early hours of July 4, British Coalition Forces' troops carried out the latest in a string of successful operations against criminal elements in the southern Basrah region, seizing cash and significant quantities of suspected drugs.
Acting on information from a local source, soldiers from the 40th Regiment, Royal Artillery, carried out a shock raid on a house in Khor Az Zubayr, in the south of the province. They arrested three suspected drug dealers and seized 33 million Iraqi Dinar, $11,000 (U.S.), forgery equipment, some suspected cannabis resin and two bags of pills. The three men, all brothers, were immediately handed over to the Iraqi police.
"This operation shows the commitment of the Coalition Forces to work with the Iraqi people to stamp out criminality and lawlessness," said Lt. Col. Richard Nugee, the commander of the British forces who mounted the raid.
The operation comes at the end of a very successful week for the Regiment's soldiers who have also seized a number of road tankers involved in the smuggling of oil, arresting those involved.
All those detained are being processed by the Iraqi judicial system.
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