QUETTA: A large quantity of illegal arms and ammunition was seized during an intelligence-based action carried out along the Pak-Afghan border in Chagai district on Wednesday.

A Frontier Corps spokesman said that FC troops and intelligence personnel raided the Killi Nafas Khan area close to the border with Afghanistan and found the cache of weapons.

“The consignment was concealed underground,” the spokesman said. No arrest was reported.

The arms and ammunition seized included 14 SMG rifles, two AK-47s, four LMGs, three snipers, one MI16 G3, two RPG7, four guns, one 303 rifle, 16 secondary RPGs and thousands of rounds and dozen of magazines. The FC spokesman said that arms and ammunitions had been smuggled from Afghanistan to Pakistan for carrying out terrorist attacks.

Published in Dawn, November 26th, 2015

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