RAWALPINDI: Four
terrorists were arrested in separate raids by security agencies from Gujranwala and Dera Ghazi Khan on Friday. The first joint intelli
gence based operation was conducted in DG Khan by Pakistan Rangers Punjab, police and intelli
gence agencies. “Two
terrorists’ facilitators gangs, including women operatives, were arrested from Dera Ghazi Khan on Friday. A huge quantity of illegal automatic weapons, ammunition and uniforms of law enforcement agencies were seized from the possession of these gangs,” the Inter Services Public Re
lations (ISPR) said later in a press statement. The weapons and ammunition was being transported for
terrorist activities in major cities
of Punjab and Sindh. Meanwhile, the Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) conducted an operation on an intelli
gence report in Gujranwala and arrested two
terrorists of a banned outfit. The CTD personnel raided a house near Gujranwala More. “Two
terrorists were taken into custody. The arrested
terrorists were identified as Muhammad Sufiyan and Zaheerud Din,” the CTD said. CTD officials said that explosives, detonators and weapons were seized from the arrested
terrorists. The suspects were taken to an undisclosed location for further investigation. “The arrested
terrorists belonged to a banned organisation and were planning to target gove
rnment instal
lations in the city,” officials said.
Published in Daily Times, July 15th , 2017.