Military Intelligence overthrew a gang trading in raw cinnabar (mercury) in Saladin Governorate.
The Directorate stated in a statement that it was a qualitative operation characterized by accuracy and speed, carried out by military intelligence detachments represented by the Intelligence Department of the Eastern Salah al-Din Operations Command, in coordination with the Tuz Intelligence and Anti-Terrorism Department. This operation came in accordance with accurate intelligence information, and after the gang was lured to the Tuz Khurmato district for the purpose of purchasing raw cinnabar. In exchange for a sum of money worth one million US dollars, it resulted in the arrest of the gang of five individuals who were in their possession of a quantity of the raw material and who were working to sell, buy and promote raw cinnabar (mercury) in various regions of the country. They were delivered along with the seized items to the requested party.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency