A force from the 27th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces overthrew the smuggling network in eastern Anbar. The Popular Mobilization Forces said in a statement that a force from the intelligence force of the 27th Brigade (Special Tasks) of the Popular Mobilization Forces was able to thwart a smuggling operation of a large shipment of alcoholic beverages east of Anbar Governorate. He explained that this came during a security operation carried out by the force based on legal procedures, where it was able to thwart the smuggling of a large shipment of alcoholic beverages amounting to (1,330 cartons) coming from Erbil towards the capital, Baghdad, by hiding it inside two fuel tankers. He pointed out that the smuggling network was arrested and the two tankers were seized in a controlled ambush in the checkpoint of Al-Tharthar intersection within the eastern Anbar operations sector. Source: National Iraqi News Agency