GWADAR: Security forces claimed on Friday to have seized illegal arms and ammunition from a militants’ hideout in Prom area of Panjgur district.

A spokesperson for the Frontier Corps said that FC and intelligence agency personnel raided the hideout on a tip-off and seized weapons and ammunition including AK-47s and other rifles, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, foreign currency and laptops.

No arrest could, however, be made as the militants had escaped before the raid. The FC personnel sealed the hideout after the raid.

Published in Dawn, January 16th, 2016

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