Army seizes huge arms cache in Kohat IBO

Arms and ammunition were being transported from Darra Adam Khel to Wana, says ISPR


News Desk July 11, 2017 1 min read
Arms and ammunition were being transported from Darra Adam Khel to Wana, says military’s media wing. PHOTO: AFP

Security forces foiled on Tuesday an attempt to transport a huge supply of weapons from Darra Adam Khel, a frontier region notorious for being a hub of gun-making to Wana, the largest town of South Waziristan Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).

PHOTO: ISPR

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intelligence-based operation (IBO), as part of the ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad, was conducted near Kohat Tunnel. Two suspects, it said, were held during the raid.

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PHOTO: ISPR

“Huge cache of weapons (pistols, SMGs / rifles and ammo boxes) has been recovered,” the communiqué read. “The weapons and ammunition were being transported from Darra Adam Khel to Wana in a civil truck."

PHOTO: ISPR

Details of the weapons and ammunition seized by the security forces are as under:

Pistols

  1. 30-bore pistol: 300

  2. 30-bore pistol MSB SP: 5

  3. 30-bore mouser: 6

  4. Zigana pistol: 197 black

  5. Zigana camouflage: 16

  6. Beretta black: 30

  7. Pietro Beretta golden: 4

  8. Smith & Wesson: 20

  9. Walther: 10 (7 x black 3x grey)

  10. Mikarov: 26

  11. Total pistols: 614

  12. Total pistol magazines - 579


Other automatic weapons

  1. A5.56mm rifle: 1

  2. SMGs: 106



  1. Shotgun Kalakov: 2

  2. LMG: 6

  3. Automatic weapons: 115


More than 7,000 rounds of various caliber ammo was also recovered.

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