KARACHI: Police on Friday claimed to have recovered an arms cache from the underground water tank of a private hospital in Shah Faisal Colony on Friday.

Acting on a tip-off, the police carried out a raid and recovered two Kalashnikovs, one pistol and bullets from the water tank, which was not in use.

Area SHO Manzoor Arain said the “weapons were old and rusted”. He said that the seized arms were being sent to a lab for forensic analysis.

Published in Dawn, March 26th, 2022

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