(VOI) -- Iraqi security forces captured three gunmen and seized an arms cache in two separate operations west of Mosul city on Saturday, a spokesman for the Ninewa Operations Command (NOC) said."An Iraqi army's 3rd Division force station in the area of al-Kasak captured two wanted men in al-Qadissiya neighborhood, Talafar district, (60 km) west of Mosul," Brig. Khaled Abdelsattar told Aswat al-Iraq -- Voices of Iraq -- (VOI). "The detainees are remanded under investigative custody," Abdelsattar said, not giving more details.
Meanwhile, he added, Border Guard's 2nd Division force, thanks to accurate intelligence tips, seized a large arms & munitions cache in al-Madfaa village, al-Biaaj district, (126 km) west of Mosul, and arrested a gunman guarding it. "The weapons and munitions were found buried inside a hole in the ground covered by nylon," he said.