A Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD)’s investigation department foiled a bid to smuggle weapons in a passenger bus and detained three criminals at Taimuria Sher Shah Suri Road in Karachi.
According to In-Charge CTD Chaudhry Safdar, a targeted operation, which was carried out with the help of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), resulted in the apprehension of three suspects, Wasal Afridi, Yasir Mohmand, and Atta Afridi?
The law enforcement personnel recovered 1 LMG, 69 mm pistol, eight 30-bore and 1-bore pistols, 750 bullets of 9mm and 200 bullets of 30-bores, two large and 14 small pistol magazines.He said that weapons were likely to be used in terrorist activities. He added that a passenger bus was being used to transport weapons from Peshawar to Karachi, and the weapons consignment was being kept hidden in the bus’s secret compartments.
He detailed that Sukkur police also arrested accused Yasir’s brother a few days ago while he was transporting arms from Peshawar to Sukkur. Meanwhile, the accused Wasal was previously arrested in Sukkur for drug and arms smuggling.
“This is the second major operation of the CTD investigation department in recent times,” he mentioned, noting that the supply of arms was also thwarted in the first operation.
A case has been registered against the outlawed in CTD and further investigation process has been started.
