A woman and a man arrested for drug trafficking in southern Hilla

A joint force from the National Security Service, in cooperation with Babylon Police, arrested a man and a woman in their possession of quantities of narcotic pills in an ambush set up for them in the western Hamza district, south of Hilla, on Sunday. A source in the force said, "Information led to tracking the man and woman as they were transporting narcotic pills between the governorates, and that an ambush was set up for them in the western Hamza district, south of Hilla, today, Sunday, which resulted in their arrest and their possession of five thousand narcotic pills." He added that the police transferred the accused to the competent authorities for investigation, and the seized items were seized. Source: National Iraqi News Agency