LAHORE, Mar 28: Law enforcement agencies in the past one month have arrested 36 militants belonging to various terrorist organisations in the Punjab province of Pakistan, a statement said on Saturday.
Punjab counter terrorism department (CTD) in a statement said the arrested terrorists, including those from the banned militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), planned to target important buildings in different cities of the province.
“Major terror plots were averted in Faisalabad and Jhelum as two dangerous terrorists of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested with heavy explosive material and weapons,” the statement said.
It said the CTD conducted 366 intelligence-based operations in different districts, questioned 338 suspects, and arrested 36 terrorists along with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials.
Explosives of 6,262 grams, 34 detonators, safety fuse wire 34 feet, five IED bombs, and banned literature have been recovered from their possession, it said.
The CTD stated that cases were registered against the arrested terrorists, and further investigation was ongoing. (PTI)
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