Security forces arrest 11 suspected terrorists in Balochistan operation

QUETTA: Security forces on Sunday arrested 11 terrorists, suspected of being the members of the proscribed Balochistan Republican Army (BRA), and recovered huge caches of arms and ammunition in various operations in different parts of Balochistan.

The terrorists were arrested from the Sanni Shoran area in Sibi in an operation under Radd-ul-Fasaad, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the Frontier Corps and intelligence agencies recovered the weapons during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Dera Bugti and Dukki.

Four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were also recovered and later diffused in a separate IBO in Qila Saifullah, said ISPR.

TERROR BID FOILED AS LEVIES RECOVER ARMS’ CACHE IN KOHLU:

Earlier in the day, Levies forces and intelligence agencies foiled a major terror bid in Kohlu as they recovered a huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives during an operation here on Sunday.

Kohlu Deputy Commissioner (DC) Agha Naveed told reporters that the security forces launched an intelligence-based operation against anti-state elements in Kahan area of the district Kohlu of Balochistan.

A large number of weapons and explosives were recovered in the operation, including 181 RPG rockets and 172 RPG fuses, MMRR 75 gun and 80 rounds.

The Levies forces confiscated the recovered arms and ammunition but no arrest could be made.

A number of such operations have been conducted in the province rife with violence.

On November 5, the Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan and intelligence agencies recovered a heavy cache of arms and ammunition in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Balochistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) department had said.

The IBO, conducted in Channah Nullah and Chatthar area near Dera Murad Jamali, was part of the ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad that was launched this year on February 22.

In another operation in October, the FC Balochistan foiled a major terror bid by recovering 1,300 kilogrammes of ammunition in search operations conducted in a number of areas across the province.

The operation was conducted in Kohlu, Ghazi Nullah and Naseerabad.