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254kg ISIS fighter arrested, loaded onto pick-up truck

Abu Abdul Bari. Inset: Bari was photographed being taken away on the back of a truck. [Courtesy]

A 40-stone (254kgs) ISIS fighter dubbed the terror cult's "Jabba the Hutt" has been arrested in Iraq and was so heavy he had to be transported on the back of a pick-up truck.

Shifa al-Nima, also known as Abu Abdul Bari had to be heaved up onto a flatbed truck following his arrest in Mosul, Iraq by security forces.

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