LAHORE – At least six terrorists were arrested in separate operations in the country’s eastern Punjab province, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) said Saturday.
A spokesperson for the CTD said 13 suspects were interrogated in more than a dozen intelligence-based operations across the province.
The TTP militants were identified as Wahid Bhatti, Jameel-ur-Rehman, Imran Khan, and Mohsin Khursheed while Shafqat Hussain and Kashif Ali were working for Daesh.
Five cases were registered, two each in the provincial capital Lahore and Rawalpindi, and one in Gujranwala.
The CTD teams also recovered huge arms and ammunitions including detonators, hand grenades, safety fuses along with explosive devices.
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