Pak-Afghan Border: Six suspects arrested

The suspects were intercepted by security personnel deputed at the Shamozai check post.

QUETTA: Security forces have rounded up around six suspects, including two Afghan nationals, during a search near the Pak-Afghan border in the Zhob district on Wednesday. Sources said six suspects had crossed the border from Afghanistan and entered the Pakistani territory. They were intercepted by security personnel deputed at the Shamozai check post. Security personnel recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including rocket launchers, from the arrested suspects. “Four Pakistani and two Afghan nationals wanted to go to South Waziristan. The suspects were shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation,” sources revealed.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 9th, 2011.