Khyber Agency Security forces seize 12 tonnes of explosives

LANDIKOTAL: Around 12 tonnes of explosives were seized by security forces in a raid on a secret warehouse in the Shakas area of Jamrud in Khyber Agency on Sunday.

“A suspected militant from Afghanistan was also arrested in the raid carried out on intelligence information,” Colonel Muhammad Naeem Sarwar, Commandant Mehsud Scouts told reporters at Shakas Levies Fort.

Col Sarwar said that the operation was launched in Manz Picket area of Shakas during which security forces cordoned off the area and shifted the explosives to the fort.

He said explosives used in making bombs, rocket-shells, detonators, remote control devices and water bombs were recovered in the raid on the warehouse.

“Security forces have thwarted several attempts of terrorism after seizing such a huge amount of explosives,” the Commandant Mehsud Scouts told the journalists.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 26^th, 2013.