Over 30,000 narcotic pills seized in W. Iraq


By Li Jun

BAGHDAD, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi National Security Service (INSS) announced Wednesday the seizure of over 30,000 narcotic pills and the arrest of several suspects in two security operations in the western province of Anbar.

In the first operation, one of the country's "most wanted" drug traffickers was arrested in the Ramadi district, INSS said in a statement, adding that the suspect had more than 3,000 Captagon pills and a quantity of crystal meth.

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