QUETTA: The Frontier Corps claimed to have foiled subversion attempts in Quetta and other places by recovering 10,000 kilograms of explosives and 45 Improvised Explosive Devices from Spochni area in the Nushki district.
“The consignment of huge quantity of explosives was dumped at a place near Pak-Afghan border,” an FC spokesman said, adding that it had been brought to Pakistan from Afghanistan.
The FC troops, he said, raided the area after receiving a tip-off on Wednesday.
Explosives packed in bags were to be used in acts of subversion in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan.
Meanwhile, he said, the FC personnel defused a landmine planted at a roadside in Sui area of Dera Bugti district.
Published in Dawn, February 12th, 2016
