More than 350 foreign terror suspects arrested in Pakistan: Army
ISLAMABAD: More than 350 terror suspects, including Afghan and Uzbek nationals, have been arrested, and arms and drugs recovered from them during a series of countrywide search operations, the Pakistan Army has said.
Law enforcement agencies claimed to have recovered arms from the restive North Waziristan and foiled a terror bid in Quetta, the provincial capital of troubled Balochistan.
The arrests were made on Saturday and Sunday, The News International said. The army said a huge cache of arms was recovered from Shirani village of Dattakhel, North Waziristan.
The law enforcers arrested more than 30 suspects and seized arms and drugs during a raid in Gulberg and other areas of Peshawar, while 75 people were detained in Bannu. About a dozen Afghan nationals were among 20 people arrested in Karmpur and Jamal Ghouspur areas of Kashmore in Sindh province.
Rangers and other law enforcers arrested more than 160 people, including Afghan nationals, from different parts of Karachi.
In Bahawalpur, 22 suspects were arrested that also included Uzbeks and Afghans.
The police in Quetta claimed to have foiled a major terror bid by recovering a bomb planted on Arbab Karam Khan Road, which was defused by the bomb disposal squad. PTI
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SAID THEY RECOVERED ARMS FROM WAZIRISTAN AND FOILED A TERROR BID IN QUETTA