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| Huge arms cache found in North Waziristan |
| 2005-09-18 |
| Pakistani security forces have rounded up nine suspected miscreants and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition in the country's Northern Waziristan tribal areas, the official Associated Press of Pakistan reported Saturday. A military spokesman Brigadier Shahjahan Ali Khan was quoted as saying that the security forces launched a cordon and search operation on Friday evening and arrested five miscreants in various raids at seven suspected compounds scattered in the tribal areas. A huge cache of arms and ammunition including 75 mm recoilless rifles, 81 mm mortar, rocket launchers, and 107 mm rockets besides other weapons of different calibers was recovered from the raided dens. Shahjahan said the security forces had also recovered a large number of military equipment from the hideouts of the suspects during the raids. Meanwhile, the security agencies also arrested four suspects from different checkposts in the tribal areas. However, the identity of the arrested was not disclosed. The spokesman noted there was no casualty reported from either side during the operation. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |