Smuggling bid foiled: Police arrest two, recover 6,000 cartridges
Smugglers were intercepted on GT Road while attempting to transport ammunition from Darra Adam Khel to Punjab.
When a suspected vehicle was stopped at one of the check points, the police search recovered 6000 cartridges of different bores from the secret cavities in the motor car. PHOTO: FILE
Local police had received information of a gang attempting to smuggle ammunition from Darra Adam Khel on a road which has numerous check points established along it.
When a suspected motor car was stopped at one of the check points, the police search recovered 6,000 cartridges of different bores from secret cavities inside the car.
"The accused have been identified as Sajjad and Fakir Nawaz, residents of Pishtakahra and Namak Mandi respectively," said an official at the local police station.
"They told us that the ammunition was being smuggled to Punjab."
The official added that an FIR has been registered against the criminals.
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