Iraq/Kurdistan: Kirkuk Oil Smuggling Ring Exposed, Pro-Iran Militia Blocks Investigation: Police

Mar 10, 2018 | Mewan Dolamari, Kurdistan 24
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Pressure from Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi militia leaders shut down an investigation in Kirkuk province of oil being smuggled from Iraq to Iran, said a police source on Friday. Security forces on the K1 – Yaychi road outside Kirkuk city arrested a driver and confiscated his Mercedes oil tanker carrying 36,000 liters of unrefined oil, known as 'black' oil, for not having documents required to transporting it, a Lieutenant Colonel from Kirkuk police told Kurdistan 24 on condition of anonymity.