The Tigris operations deny blackmail to traders and truck drivers by security control in Diyala
The head of the Tigris operations, Lieutenant General Mizher al-Azzawi, denied on Monday statements by a member of the Diyala Council, which speaks of blackmailing traders and truck drivers by security elements in the security control south of Baquba.

"The statements made by a member of the Diyala provincial council regarding the blackmail of the security forces in the control of Buhrez district, south of Baquba, to the merchants and truck drivers are completely untrue and far from the truth," al-Azzawi told Al-Ghad Press. "The security forces are making great efforts To preserve the lives of citizens in the province. "

He added that "security forces detained wheat trucks in one of the controls because they come from the province of Baghdad and is not allowed to enter the province only after the official approvals," noting that "has been facilitated the passage of wheat trucks after the procedures and legal approvals, and arrived at Saylo Baquba."

He called on the commander of the Tigris operations, "local officials and members of the provincial council in Diyala to not fire statements of fire accusations of security forces false accusations in light of the achievements achieved by the most prominent today, where it was able to kill four elements of a senior leader among them, and the arrest of another dangerous two operations in the province "He said.

A member of the Diyala Council Qasim al-Maamouri had revealed earlier today to "Al-Ghad Press", the presence of security elements in the security control south of Baquba, extorting traders and truck drivers in financial amounts, as well as the seizure of control shipments carrying wheat coming to the province on the pretext of illegal.

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