The detained suspects included four drivers and eight armed guards from whom 12 repeater and single barrel guns were found. The trucks were caught at Jamra petrol pump at the Sukkur National Highway. They were loaded with five tons of dynamite and eight boxes of detonators.
The police said that according to the drivers and guards, they are employees of a private company, alFazal associates, in Rawalpindi and were directed to supply the material to another company, Haji Zafar Imperial Motors, in Quetta.
They said the material was loaded by Malik Shabeer, the managing director of Wah Noble Company from Wah Cantt. They said that they have been supplying the material for the last 15 years and that, too, legally as they showed permits.
The suspects confirmed during investigations that the trucks were going to Karachi for terrorist activities, claimed the police.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 24th, 2010.
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