KARACHI: Security forces on Saturday morning said it had recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition buried under a home in Karachi’s old city area, a police spokesperson said.
According to details, Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Central Murtaza Tabassum received a tip-off on Friday night, after which the police launched an operation. The team deployed at the site was tasked to excavate and find the weapons and explosives.
SSP Central said different portions of the floor are being excavated. The heavy arms include anti-aircraft gun, anti-tank and anti-helicopter weaponry, as well as ammunition to detonate buildings.
Murtaza Tabassum further said all of the recovered weapons are rusty and in poor condition. “We are investigating if the arms belong to a banned outfit”, he said, adding, “Details also being gathered about owner of the godown and the person that hired it on rent.”
“A large cache of heavy weapons was recovered in digging during last night. More arms including a sten gun were found in the morning,” the SSP said. However, he said, no arrest has been made in the case so far.
“There are reports about arms at some more places,” he said, expressing concern over the Recovery of arms cache near a police station.
Earlier in February 2020, police had recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a house in Karachi after acting on the information provided by an arrested suspect.
The police had conducted raid at a house in Dastagir area of Karachi and seized nine RPG rockets, 60 hand grenades, 10 detonators, mortar shells, 38 SMGs and satellite telephone dumped in the house.
