Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) apprehended at least three terrorists of a banned outfit during an operation in More-Aimanabad near Gujranwala on Monday night.
According to CTD spokesman, the operation was launched on an intelligence report that terrorists are present in the area.
The arrested terrorists were identified as Ali Raza, Jawad Hamza and Atif Mushtaq.
The spokesman further said that the terrorists had revealed during initial investigation that they were planning to target shrines in Gujranwala.
Explosive material, detonators and banned literature was recovered from the arrested terrorists who were shifted to some undisclosed location for further investigation.