A police party, here on Thursday, arrested five terrorists; recovering bombs, hand grenades, explosives and weapons from their possession.
Acting on an intelligence tip-off, police launched a crackdown in Jaggan area of Shikarpur district. Two terrorists, Abdul Shakoor and Abdul Hakeem Banglani, were apprehended, during the operation, with two pressure-cooker bombs, 35 hand grenades, 20 kilogrammes of explosives and weapons.
The detainees also led the police to three more accomplices. During the preliminary investigation, the nabbed men have admitted to raising funds from Afghanistan for terrorist activities. They also revealed having 10 trained terrorists in the network while adding that its operations had somewhat been affected after the killing of its chief.
Published in Daily Times, March 22nd 2019.
