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| Afghanistan/South Asia |
| Police arrests LJ members |
| 2005-09-10 |
| Crime Investigation Agency’s (CIA) special team, Anti Terrorist Force (ATF), arrested three terrorists linked to a banned militant organisation and confiscated explosives, Jihadi literature and illegal weapons from their possession, said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Chaudhry Shafqaat Ahmad at a press conference. He said that Superintendent of Police (SP) Masud Aziz was informed about the terrorists, at which he directed Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Umar Virk, in charge ATF, to arrest the men. He said the team located the men in Shadhra and started monitoring their activities. On Friday, the team followed the men to Lorry Adda where they arrested them and confiscated 30 electric detonators, one hand grenade, 2 pistols, 80 bullets, several books, floppy disks, compact disks, several bottles of chemicals, a couple of walky-talky sets and explosives. The men were identified as Rana Nokhais, resident of Kasur, Amir Iqbal and Asif Saeed, residents of Bhakkar. The men confessed to having contacts with a banned militant organisation, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) and said that they had planned explosions at important places in the province. Police sources claimed that the men were chemists and capable of manufacturing poison gases. |
| Posted by:Fred |