Major plots of terrorism foiled in Punjab

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LAHORE

ONLINE

 

Two major plots of terrorism were foiled in the city when police and law-enforcement agencies seized an explosive-laden truck and arrested 12 terrorists in two separate actions.

According to details, police stopped a truck on a checkpost at city’s entry point in Shahdara Town. When searched, at least 40 bags of explosive material were recovered from the vehicle. The police arrested truck driver and cleaner belonging to northern areas of Pakistan.

Meanwhile, in an intelligence-driven action, police arrested 12 terrorists entering Punjab from Attock city near Peshawar through a van. The police said the terrorist, hailing from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, were entering Punjab with a major terror plot.

The police claimed to have recovered suicide vests, bomb-making material, automatic weapons and huge quantity of explosives from the terrorists who were later shifted to an undisclosed location for investigation.