TARMIYAH, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) – A concerned Iraqi citizen gave key information for Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to discover four caches, U.S. Forces in Iraq said on Monday.

ISF coordinated with U.S. Forces in searching for possible caches in the area after a tip was given about possible home-made explosives being stored for use during the March 7 elections.

The search led to locating four separate caches yielding multiple types of weapons, including ten bags of homemade explosives that contained to 70 pounds of explosives with detonation cords attached each, three barrels with eight 57 mm mortars inside and an additional 38 mortars underneath, 25 - 30 mm grenades, one 75 mm artillery round, five 90 mm artillery rounds, and more than 50 artillery and rocket base caps and nine 120 mm shell top halves in two caches.

A third cache contained two rocket-propelled grenade launchers and the fourth, a 57 mm mortar tube with the base plate.

ISF collected all the contents from the searches and took them to a secure area where an explosive artillery disposal team destroyed them.