Iraq security brief: Drug seizures, arrests, court rulings

2026-01-26 - 22:09

Shafaq News Below is a summary of key security and public safety incidents reported across Iraq on January 26. - Captagon Pills Seized (Al-Anbar) Military intelligence seized 29,000 Captagon pills in two operations. - Sister Sentenced for Brother’s Killing (Dhi Qar) A court sentenced a woman to 12 years in prison for killing her brother. - Illegal Fishing Arrests, Shooting Injury (Diyala/ Maysan) Three people were arrested for electric fishing in Diyala, while a young man was wounded by gunfire in Maysan and two suspects detained. - Teacher Assault Arrests, Theft Case (Dhi Qar/ Kirkuk) Six suspects were arrested over an assault on teachers in Gharraf, and one man was detained for stealing 66 million dinars (around $50,000) in Kirkuk. - Gunfire Inside Green Zone (Baghdad) A dispute between security details escalated into gunfire inside the Green Zone with no injuries reported. - Education Officials Held for Embezzlement (Al-Anbar) Four education department employees were arrested over the embezzlement of more than one billion dinars. - Fatal Family Traffic Accident (Najaf) Four members of Shiite cleric Alaa Al-Deen Al-Ghurayfi's family were killed in a collision with a truck on the Najaf–Karbala highway.