Police seize 4,000kgs of explosives

Published August 12, 2007

MARDAN, Aug 11: Police claimed to have averted a terrorist attack on Saturday and seized 4,000 kilogrammes of explosives and other material from a truck near Shergarh. Officials said the vehicle’s driver was arrested in the raid.

The truck was on its way to Shahkot in Malakand Agency from Nawagai, headquarters of Bajaur Agency. The driver was identified as Pervez, son of Jan Mohammad, a resident of Nawagai.

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