CTD detains eight suspects

Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab conducted 387 combing operations in different districts of the province and arrested eight
suspects during the current week.

According to a spokesman, Counter Terrorism Department teams seized 1.39kgs of explosives, eight detonators, 25 flags of a proscribed outfit, 43 pamphlets and two pistols.

The suspects were arrested from Lahore, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan and Rawalpindi.

Those arrested were identified as Noor, Talha, Anus Khan, Manzoor Sarfraz, Ehsanullah, Siddique Shahzad, Tahir Saleem and Asghar Nasir; all of whom belonged to banned organizations.

During the combing operations by the department in the province, 145 alleged terrorists were detained and 76 cases were registered, the spokesman concluded.