BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: A police force seized five tons of explosives in the city of al-Falluja on Thursday, according to a statement by the Iraqi interior ministry.
“The explosives were found in a cache during a search raid in the area of al-Hai al-Sinai’e, eastern Falluja,” read the statement that was received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The cache contained large amounts of C4 explosives, 30 kegs of TNT and other substances used in explosions,” it added.
Falluja,
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the largest city in the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar, lies 45 km west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. |