Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand beside seized bomb making material in Quetta on August 20, 2013. Paramilitary forces on August 20 seized more than 100 tonnes of bomb-making chemicals from a truck and a compound in southwest Pakistan and detained 10 suspects, officials said.
Paramilitary Colonel Maqbool Ahmed said forces also found wires, detonators and mixers used to prepare bombs out of the chemicals.
"We have arrested 10 people during the raid at the compound and the truck and seized 100.5 tons of explosive material with detonators," Ahmed said.
Suspects told investigators that potassium chlorate and ammonium chlorate were packed with wires and detonators into vehicles at the compound, said Ahmed.
Balochistan and its capital Quetta are frequently hit by bomb attacks.
The province has been a flashpoint for violence and insurgency.
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Now wait for some poor mining contractor, coming forward to claim his blasting stuff. No one uses meters of wires in bomb making.
@My oh My: It is and not the job of FCC or the Army.....since Police have been found to be in-efficient, untrained etc; FC ( under Army ) has been given to the provincial govt of Baluchistan to assist them and they are doing a good job even after being criticized all the time.
@Ayesha: Read carefully: raid at the compound and the truck and seized 100.5 tons.
No one except the PM and the civil government of Pakistan are in action. Our congratulations to them.
Are you sure that we are talking about 100 Tonnes and not 10 tons or so. Or what happened to the other trucks that had this material. Anyhow let us trace the origin and the accomplice of these criminals.
@Ayesha ... Please ask for a refund from your school for not teaching you reading comprehension. It clearly states in the story that they seized 100.5 tonnes of explosives from the truck AND the compound!!
@Ayesha:
You are right, no truck can carry that load.
@Ayesha
Please read the report carefully. Explosives were recovered from the truck AND a compound (i.e. 'gudaam' in Urdu)
100 tonnes of explosives! I don't doubt for a second these can be sourced back to India!
No single truck on the earth can carry 100 tones weight. Period.
@akhtar baloch: The Civilian government has given orders (yes ORDERS) to army to take firm action. They have been sleeping for too long.
Congratulations to Pakistan Army, FC, Intelligence agencies. You guys rock!!
Down with BLA, LeJ, TTP, all other anti- Pakistan elements & people who blame our security agencies. See for yourselves. Pakistan Zindabad!!
100 tonnes???? My goodness. What is it for World War 3? Good Job, military. Now make sure people are tortured in every conceivable way to extract every shred of information from them.
This is a huge amount by any standard. It should be a global headline if the amount stated is correct.
100 tons of explosives....that is just mindboggling. Good job guys. Keep up the good work.
Army bashers, please take note.
Good Job! and please uncover the planners and the preparators as well. again Good Job.
Great Police work - well done!!!