PESHAWAR, Sept 23: A joint raiding team has arrested five Al Qaeda suspects in Peshawar and Mianwali, on Sunday night.

Of them, an Al Qaeda member and two others were arrested by a team of Crime Investigation Department (CID) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from Peshawar’s Jehangirabad area, while the two others were held from Mianwali.

Officials in Peshawar said the arrests had been made following a tip-off from the FBI team. The three belonged to different nationalities. “One is a Tunisian national, one belonged to Nooristan province of Afghanistan and the third one is Pakistani,” sources added.

The raiding team also seized a computer and some data.

Sources said during the initial investigation, all the three Al Qaeda suspects were changing their names, but finally the name of one suspect was confirmed as Saleem. The Pakistani national belonged to the Bajaur tribal agency.

An AFP report said two men were identified as Saeedur Rehman and Juma Din, an Afghan.

Our Correspondent from Mianwali adds: Two Al Qaeda suspects were arrested from the city on Sunday night.

Sources said intelligence teams raided a house owned by Maulvi Saifullah in Mohallah Zargran and arrested two men.

Neighbours said Maulvi Saifulla’s house mostly remained locked during the day. Last night when someone opened the lock, armed men in civvies stormed the house and brought out two people from there.