+- Pakistan Real Estate Times - Pakistan Property News (https://www.pakrealestatetimes.com)
+-- Forum: Pakistan Real Estate / Property News (/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Latest Pakistan Property & Economic News (/forumdisplay.php?fid=4)
+--- Thread: Islamabad: Terrorism plot foiled, 12 arrested (/showthread.php?tid=2199)
Islamabad: Terrorism plot foiled, 12 arrested - Naveed Yaseen - 12-26-2008 08:14 AM
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police have claimed foiling terrorist attacks planned for Christmas, Benazir Bhutto’s death anniversary and the New Year’s Eve by seizing 650 kilogrammes of explosives and 520 detonators in Koral police station precincts on Thursday.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Saqib Sultan said Koral police were tipped-off by reliable sources that three suspicious men, had brought a large quantity of explosives to shops on the Bhimbar-Tirar Road.
The sources said the men claimed the explosives were to be used for stone blasting in mining, he added.
On receiving the information, Rural Circle Deputy Superintendent of Police Muhammad Mumtaz formed a team headed by Koral Station House Officer Arshad Ali, which raided the shops and asked the men for the licence to use the explosives.
Sultan said the men failed to produce the licence after which the police team took 12 men, including Fareed Khan, Musa Khan and Bacha Khan, into custody. fazal sher/aaj kal report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\26\story_26-12-2008_pg1_4