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Two suspects who blackmailed contractors in Maysan arrested

The security units of the Maysan Operations Command arrested two suspects who blackmailed contractors in the governorate.

The Maysan Operations Command said in a statement, a copy of which the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) received: “A force from the 2nd Regiment of the 97th Infantry Brigade affiliated with the Operations Command managed to arrest “two accused” who blackmailed contractors and investment companies and equated them to pay sums of money in Al-Majar Al-Kabeer district.

It added: “The defendants were seized with a firearm, and they were handed over to the competent authorities to complete the legal procedures against them.”/ End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency