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| Police arrests three terrorist 'masterminds' | |
| 2010-07-01 | |
| The Lahore police has arrested three activists of a banned militant organisation under suspicion of involvement in attacks on UN vehicles and other installations across the country, Daily Times has learnt. According to police sources, the arrested militants were handed over to another law enforcement agency for further investigation. The sources said that following the monitoring of cellular phones of suspected activists of the banned organization, law enforcers discovered several clues about the presence of a group of terrorists in the provincial capital. Later, after several days of surveillance, law enforcers discovered that several other terrorists were set to gather at the house of one Amir in Shalimar area on Monday. Upon making the discovery, police high-ups immediately formed a special team consisting of personnel of intelligence agencies and commandos of the Lahore police. The special team conducted a raid on Amir's house and arrested Amir and two unidentified people. The team then handed over all three arrested suspects to the personnel of another law enforcement agency, who immediately shifted the men to an undisclosed location for interrogation. "Later, during initial interrogation, it was established that the three arrested people had strong links with terrorist groups working across the country. It was also discovered that they were the masterminds of the attacks on UN vehicles and other installations across the country," the sources said, adding that the arrested men also confessed about their hideouts in various parts of the city, on which the Lahore police hierarchy issued directions for an immediate large-scale operation in the disclosed areas. More arrests: Following the directions, several teams of the Lahore police conducted raids at terrorist hideouts in different areas of the city as well as its outskirts on Monday night. "During which, police teams arrested more than 15 suspects and shifted them to undisclosed locations for further investigations," the sources said, adding that so far all the arrested men have been declared suspects in incidents of terrorism across the province and so far all the arrested men have failed to provide their identification documents to the authorities. "During the crackdown, a special police team also arrested a terrorist from Z-Block Defence housing Authority (DHA) Lahore and recovered a large quantity of explosives from his possession," the sources said. Quoting the discoveries made in the investigation, the sources said that the arrested terrorists also disclosed their future targets and the arrival of several accomplices in the provincial capital. "On which, the city police hierarchy with the cooperation of intelligence agencies has deputed specially trained personnel at the city's entry points... the personnel are fully equipped with the latest technology and have been informed of the whereabouts of the alleged terrorists," the sources added.
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