Late on 20 August, Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) reported that the Border Ports Commission at the Umm Qasr Middle crossing had foiled an attempt to smuggle 23 saloon cars entering as transit using exemption letters designated for retired officers and families of martyrs. The accompanying image showed a white Mercedes with the plate blurred, in an indoor setting. The report names no suspects and identifies no issuing authority for the letters.
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official21 Aug, 02:02
“The Border Ports Commission at the Umm Qasr Middle crossing foils an attempt to smuggle 23 saloon cars arriving as transit, using exemption letters designated for retired officers and families of martyrs.”
هيئة المنافذ الحدودية في منفذ أم قصر الأوسط تحبط محاولة تهريب 23 عجلة صالون قادمة بصفة ترانزيت باستخدام كتب إعفاء خاصة بالضباط المتقاعدين وذوي الشهداء
Watch: identification of who issued the exemption letters, arrests or prosecutions named at Umm Qasr, a Border Ports Commission statement of its own, or a rival faction outlet framing the case against Badr — any of these moves this file.