Law-enforcement agencies have arrested 14 terror suspects from Lahore and Rawalpindi and seized more than 330 kilogrammes of explosives from them.Sources in an intelligence agency said on Tuesday that 11 terror suspects had been arrested in the Shadhra area of Lahore and 80kg of explosives had been recovered from them. They said that law-enforcement officials had also seized explosives-laden suicide belts and a hit list containing names of important people and addresses of police stations from them.
They said the suspects, from the Qari Zafar group, were arrested following a tip-off. Information gleaned from the suspected terrorists during initial investigations led to the seizure of more explosives and suicide belts from various rented places in the city, they said.
Separately, Dawn News reported that the Special Investigations branch of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had arrested three alleged terrorists from Rawalpindi and recovered 250kg explosives from their possession.
FIA Director General Tariq Pervez told the channel that the three terrorists were arrested on a lead given by six terrorists arrested earlier this month. He said the police had obtained a seven-day remand against the three accused. Geo News reported that the alleged terrorists had confessed that they wanted to target the PresidentÂ’s Camp Office.
The channel also quoted FIA officials as saying that the arrested men belonged to a group of suicide bombers that was threatening security forces and the FIA investigation team. Security has been beefed up around FIA headquarters, the channel added.