QUETTA: The Frontier Corps and police personnel claimed on Wednesday to have arrested 30 suspects during search operations in Shahbaz Town, Huda and Railway Colony areas.

According to sources, security forces combed Shahbaz Town and Huda areas late on Tuesday night and picked up 10 suspects. Twenty others were detained in Railway Colony for their suspected connection with the recent suicide attack and other crimes.

The spokesman for Frontier Corps said they also conducted a search operation on the outskirts of Quetta. “All the suspects have been handed over to the authorities concerned for interrogation,” he said.

Published in Dawn, February 11th, 2016

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