Oil Police bust Baghdad smugglers

BAGHDAD - Iraq's Oil Police broke up a smuggling operation in the Taji area of northwest Baghdad Saturday night.

In a raid that began at 11 p.m. and continued into the early hours of Sunday morning, the Oil Police, in coordination with the Baghdad Operation Command, seized three tanker trucks, each filled with 36,000 liters (about 225 barrels) of crude ready for smuggling.