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

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