(VOI) -- Iraqi army forces freed two kidnapped persons and arrested four wanted men during security operations in western Mosul, the official spokesman for the Ninewa operations command said on Monday. "A force from the 2nd division of the Iraqi army arrested four wanted men during a crackdown operation in al-Iqtasidyeen neighborhood in western Mosul and freed two kidnapped persons found detained in the same place," Brig. Khaled Abdul Sattar told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI). One of the two kidnapped are less than 10," he noted. "The detainees are under investigation," the brigadier added.