KOHAT: The district police have foiled an arms smuggling attempt from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Punjab in the Darra Adam Khel.
According to details, the police, after receiving information, established barricade near Eagle fort on Indus Highway and signaled a suspicious vehicle.
On thorough search, the police recovered arms included 7 Kalashnikovs, 2 rifles, 32 chargers, and several magazines. Police have also arrested a man and registered a case against him.
During the preliminary investigation, detained person Mohammad Ishaq has confessed his guilt while raids are being carried out to arrest other accused involved in the network.
Earlier on June 7, the police foiled an attempt of smuggling weapons to down country and arrested a smuggler at Muslimabad police check post.
The police officials were checking vehicles at the Muslimabad check post when they stopped a vehicle for checking. Weapons concealed in secret cavities of the vehicle were recovered.
Police officials informed that the smuggler, named Hayat Khan, was carrying 5 Kalashnikovs, 17 pistols with more than 6,500 bullets. A case of weapons smuggling was registered against him.
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