Mosul, 27 September 2007 (Voices of Iraq)

A joint force of Iraqi police and army personnel arrested 52 suspected gunmen during a security operation waged early on Thursday in Shurqat city, 80 km south of Mosul, a police source said.

“Police-army forces waged a crackdown operation at dawn in central Shurqat, where they arrested 52 suspected gunmen,” the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) under the condition of anonymity.

“The operation ended with confiscating a large amount of weapons and ammunition,” he added.

Mosul, capital city of Ninewa province, is 402 km northeast of Baghdad. Iraq Updates

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