112 Afghan nationals held

Published March 1, 2007

QUETTA, Feb 28: Police on Wednesday arrested 112 Afghan nationals in different areas of the city. Sources said that police conducted raids on several localities and hotels in the city and apprehended scores of Afghans living in the country illegally.

“All arrested Afghans have been booked under the Foreigner Act,” said City SSP Qazi Abdul Wahid and added that they were living without legal documents.

He said that 40 of them were suspects of subversion activities and they were being interrogated in connection with bomb blasts, rocket attacks and other such activities.

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