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Friday, May 29, 2009

7 smugglers held, arms seized in Kohat

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KOHAT: Police foiled an arms smuggling bid and arrested seven smugglers during a ‘nakabandi’ on Indus Highway Thursday.

On a tip-off, police party headed by the SHO Attique Hussain established blockade on Indus Highway and flagged down two vehicles (ADQ-444 and JB-1686).

On thorough search, police recovered four Kalashnikovs, seven rifles, hundreds of cartridges and drugs, including 24 kilograms of hashish and three kilograms of heroin, besides arrest of seven smugglers identified as Amanullah, Attiqullah, Faqeer, Hazrat Wali, Tariq, Mansoor and Saadullah.

In another incident, police arrested three armed men identified as Amir Abbas, Gul Nawaz and Umar Zaman, residents of Janglekhel for harassing the people. Police recovered three pistols and 150 cartridges from their possession.

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