Army seizes huge arms cache in Kohat IBO

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).



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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“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."



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

3. Shotgun Kalakov: 2


4. LMG: 6


5. Automatic weapons: 115

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