Lahore, Dec 20 : Nine terrorists belonging to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State (IS) militant groups were arrested in separate intelligence-based operations in Punjab province, an official said.
In a bid to avert terror activities, the personnel of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab police conducted more than 40 operations in different districts of the province late Saturday and arrested nine militants, Mansoor-ul-Haq Rana, senior superintendent of police of Punjab’s CTD, told Xinhua news agency on Sunday.
The arrested militants were planning to carry out terror activities in the province, he added.
Six terrorists were arrested during the operation in Lahore, according to the CTD, adding that the accused have been shifted to an undisclosed location for investigation.
Separately, three militants were nabbed in two separate raids at their hideouts in Punjab’s Multan and Toba Tek Singh districts.Police recovered a huge cache of explosives, weapons, detonators and sensitive material from their possession.The arrested were also involved in collecting donations to finance terror activities in Punjab and distributing banned books among people and motivating them to join the militant organisations, according to the police.ksk/
9 TTP and IS terrorists were arrested in Pakistan
Three militants were also captured in separate raids on their hideouts located in Punjab’s Multan, Toba Te Singh and Toba Khan districts. The police recovered an enormous cache of explosives and weapons as well as sensitive material.
According to police, the arrested men were involved in the collection of donations for terror financing in Punjab as well as the distribution and motivation of banned books to people to become militants.
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