KARACHI: A huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from a hospital located in Karachi’s Shah Faisal area, police said on Friday.
According to SSP Korangi Faisal Bashir, the police have seized a large number of weapons including anti-aircraft guns, Kalashnikov, rifles, and hand grenades that were hidden in the water tank of the cardiology hospital in Shah Faisal colony.
He said that the recovered weapons have been sent for forensic, while further investigation into the matter is underway.
Earlier on January 22, the officials of the District Central Police recovered a large cache of weapons from a house in Karachi’s Old City Area.
The officials of District Central Police along with Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Central conducted an operation in Karachi’s Old City Area and recovered a large cache of rusty heavy arms buried under the floor of a house.
According to the SSP Central, different portions of the floor are being excavated. The heavy arms were buried under the house’s floor which includes anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank and anti-helicopter weaponry, as well as ammunition to detonate buildings.
The police officer said that all of the recovered weapons are rusty and in poor condition.
