(VOI) - Iraqi security forces on Monday arrested 55 wanted and suspected gunmen in separate areas in Thi-Qar province, the director of the media and relations in the Thi-Qar police said. "A joint force of army and police forces, backed by the Multinational forces, waged a crackdown operation in al-Islah and the Sayied Dakhiel district, east of Nassiriya," Lieutenant Colonel Sadeq al-Meshrefawi told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI). "Amounts of weapons and ammunitions were seized during the operation," he added. "The detainees are under investigation" he also said. "The police will release those who are proven not guilty of involvement in any criminal act," the officer noted.