LAKKI MARWAT, July 22: Police arrested two alleged militants during a raid in Shah Hasankhel village here on Sunday.

Following a tip-off a police team, headed by SHO Lakki Asad Ali, encircled a hideout in Shah Hasankhel village and overpowered two alleged militants identified as Umar Daraz and Fazalur Rehman, police sources said. They said that the two were wanted by law-enforcement agencies in cases of subversive acts.

The police team was backed by commandos of elite force and anti terrorism squad.

The officials said that police also conducted a daylong search operation in Surband area, a cluster of villages and hamlets neighbouring Shah Hasankhel village, and arrested a proclaimed offender and 10 suspects.

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