Iran's IRGC busts 7-member "anti-security" team-Xinhua

Iran's IRGC busts 7-member "anti-security" team

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2023-10-07 22:54:15

TEHRAN, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Forces of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have arrested seven members of an armed "anti-security" team in the northern province of Alborz, the official news agency IRNA reported on Saturday.

The team's members were arrested on Friday in a joint operation by the IRGC's Basij volunteer forces as well as police forces in the Garmdarreh district of the province, the report quoted the IRGC's Imam Hassan Mojtaba base in Alborz province as saying.

According to IRNA, one Kalashnikov rifle, an M1911 pistol, four magazines, 73 bullets, a bulletproof vest and a pepper spray were seized from the team's members.

It added that investigations are being conducted in this regard.