Two suspects held, weapons seized in Hangu search operation

HANGU: The security forces claimed to have arrested two suspected persons and seized a huge cache of weapons during the search operation in the district on Friday. Talking to reporters, Col Afrasiyab said that acting on a tip-off, the security forces raided the dens and hideouts in various areas of the district and arrested two suspects.

Three machine guns, seven SGP-9 machine guns, 98 rocket shells, two rocket launchers, 10 sophisticated machine guns, 10 detonators, explosive materials used in improvise explosive devices (IEDs), five suicide vests, huge quantity of explosives, six masks, hundred of handgrenades and thousands of cartridges had been recovered from their possession, he said. The official said timely action by the security forces had saved the area from destruction and massacre.