Monday, March 12, 2007

Golden Dragons detain man, weapons after taking fire

2nd BCT, 10th Mtn. Div. (LI) Public Affairs

RADWANIYAH, Iraq — Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers arrested a man and confiscated a weapons cache in a house near here, March 10.
Soldiers of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment “Golden Dragons,” 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) received small arms fire from the house Feb. 23. Marking the building as a potential site for future search, they returned to search the house and found a cache.
Among the weapons found were a Mauser rifle, 38 rounds for the Mauser, four AK-47 fully loaded magazines, 300 loose AK-47 rounds, over 200 9mm pistol rounds, copper wire (typically used to trigger improvised explosive devices) and a camera.
The Soldiers detained the resident of the house and confiscated the weapons and ammunition.
The man is being held for questioning.

No comments: