Hilla, The Tourism Security Directorate, affiliated with the Babylon Police Command, in coordination with the judicial authority, arrested the owner of a tourism and travel company, on charges of fraud.

Babylon Police Director of Information, Brigadier General Adel Al-Husseini, said: ‘Peals were received from a number of citizens, reporting that they had been defrauded by the owner of a tourism and travel company, in the center of the city of Hilla, as he took their passports and money under the pretext of their travel to perform Umrah rituals, and promised them that their plane would take off tomorrow.’

He added: ‘A team of officers from the directorate was formed to investigate the matter, and after collecting information, the owner of the company was reached, arrested, and transferred to the competent authorities for investigation.’

Source: National Iraqi News Agency