ISLAMABAD: Pakistani forces have arrested 11 militants and recovered huge cache of weapons including rocket launchers and missiles in special security operations in the country's restive Balochistan province.
The insurgents were arrested with weapons including 2 rocket launchers with 40 missiles and 23 kg of explosive material in special operations during the last two days in Sui sub division area in Baluchistans Dera Bugti district, the Online News said.
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8 militants arrested with explosives, bomb-making equipment
Monday July 02, 2007
Security forces on Sunday arrested eight suspected militants of a banned group and foiled their plan of 'terrorist activities', a senior police officer said. The suspects were arrested during a raid on a house in the central Pakistani city of Lahore, police officer Malik Muhammad Iqbal said at a news conference.
Leader of the group, Safeer Ahmed alias Muhammad Aziz, was wanted by the police for his involvement in terrorist activities, Iqbal said. The government had announced one million rupees reward for information leading to the arrest of Safeer Ahmed, he said. The police officer said that Mufti Sagheer, one of those arrested, was an expert of making explosives.
He added that explosives and equipment used in bomb-making were recovered from the suspects. Iqbal did not mention the name of their organization but said they were linked to the Taliban.
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