PESHAWAR: A special unit of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police claimed to have foiled a terror plan in an intelligence-based operation in Bannu on Monday.

At least six suspected militants were arrested in the raid, security sources said.

Based on prior intelligence, special police unit Bannu raided an under-construction house in Pir Dil Khel Sorani area of Bannu where the armed militants were busy in terror-planning, said the sources.

During the raid, police arrested six alleged militants and recovered weapons from then. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against the suspected militants under the anti-terrorism act.

The arrested militants were named as Shamsur Rehman, Abidullah, Anwar Kamal, Safdar Iqbal, Mansoor and Qudratullah.

Military operation Zarb-i-Azb was launched against terrorists by the Pakistan Army on June 15 following a brazen militant attack on Karachi's international airport and failure of peace talks between the government and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) negotiators.

Officials say nearly 3,000 militants have been killed since the launch of the latest offensive.