KOHAT/KHAR: Security forces arrested two alleged terrorists and seized a truck laden with huge quantity of weapons bound for South Waziristan near Kohat tunnel on Tuesday.

The illegal consignment being smuggled from gun manufacturing tribal town of Darra Adamkhel was placed on the frame of the truck and then its body was placed on that. The intelligence-based operation was carried out at Kohat Friendship Tunnel on the Indus Highway, a statement said.

The seizure included small machine guns (SMGs), shotguns and ammunition which were being transported from the Frontier Region of Kohat to Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan Agency, in a civilian truck for terrorism purpose.

Bombs, mortar shells recovered in Bajaur

The seizure includes 330 pistols of 30 bore, five 30-bore pistols MSP SP, six 3.30 bore mousers, 197 Zigana pistols, 16 Zigana camouflage pistols, 30 Beretta black pistols, four Pietro Beretta golden pistols, 20 Smith & Wesson pistols, 10 Walther pistols, 26 Mikarov, 579 pistol magazines, one A5.56 mm rifle, 95 Kalashnikovs, 11 SMGs without marking, two shotguns kalakov, , six LMGs, and a large number of rounds.

The weapons were locally-made, but looked like foreign and are also inscribed with such numbers for the purpose of fetching huge profits. The whole lot of arms and the accused were taken to Peshawar without disclosing their names due to security reasons.

In Khar, the security forces claimed on Tuesday to have foiled a sabotage attempt by recovering several remote-controlled bombs and mortar shells from different areas of Mamond tehsil.

Officials of the Bajaur Scouts in Khar said that six mortar shells were recovered from Gat Agra while three remote-controlled bombs were recovered from Kit Koot area during a search operation conducted jointly by the Bajaur Levies and FC. They said that the action was part of Raddul Fasaad operation to clear the agency of all types of destructive weapons.

Published in Dawn, July 12th, 2017