The Military Intelligence Directorate succeeded on Friday (May 8, 2026) in thwarting two separate oil derivatives smuggling operations in Diyala and Salah al-Din governorates, arresting the drivers and seizing the violating tankers.
An official statement reported that the operation came based on the directorate leadership's directives and within a comprehensive plan to protect national wealth, where intelligence and security units affiliated with the First and Fourteenth Infantry Divisions succeeded in detecting smuggling schemes through unlicensed vehicles.
The statement noted that the operation relied on accurate intelligence information and organized field work, resulting in the arrest of the drivers and the confiscation of tankers used in the illegal operation.
The directorate affirmed its continued implementation of qualitative operations to strike smuggling networks and economic crime targeting national resources.
