Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Monday seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition from a school in the New Karachi area of the metropolis, said a statement released by the paramilitary force.

Rangers had received information that "miscreants affiliated with Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London had hidden arms and ammunition in a school with the intention of carrying out terror attacks in the metropolis," added the statement.

Acting on a tip-off, the Rangers raided the school and recovered arms hidden under ground.

The paramilitary force claimed to have seized four LMGs, two 8mm rifles, two 7mm rifles, two 224-bore rifles, one 44-bore rifle, one 222-rifle, five 12-bore pistols, two 30-bore pistols, two 9mm pistols and a significant quantity of ammunition.

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