(KUNA) -- Iraqi government troops have arrested 14 suspected terrorists in a wide-scale search operation in the capital, the Multi-National Force said in a statement released on Sunday. Soldiers of the Sixth Iraqi Army Division arrested the suspected insurgents and seized 39 pieces of arms in their possession in a wide-scale search operation, carried out throughout this week, it said, adding that the troops searched some 4,000 houses in Al-Mansour district.The government forces have located and confiscated lights arms, personnel armor and terrorist propaganda documents, the statement said. It quoted a colonel who was involved in the operation as saying that it was successful due to cooperation of civilians who helped the forces in the search. The colonel also said the terrorists would not be able to continue hiding in this district due to the government forces' activities and mounting coordination with civilian informants.