Police recover rockets from Taliban possession in Karachi

Naimat Khan

KARACHI: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested two Taliban militants and recovering three rockets among huge cache of firearms.

“As police asks a suspected Suzuki pickup in North Karachi Industrial Area of the city to stop, the driver tried to escape and the police chased down the vehicle. Upon search we found that arms were being transported to some other areas of the city,” SHO Irfan Asif told The Frontier Post.

The arms, Baloch informed, included 3 rockets, 5 mines and one pistol. The police also arrested two terrorists, who were later identified, as Muhammad Sultan and Abdul Rehman.

According to SSP Central Irfan Baloch the militants were trying to bring the weapons into Karachi for a terrorist attack. Further investigation from the detained terrorists is being conducted, he informed.

He further informed that the Suzuki pickup had been stolen a few days earlier from Sharifabad area of the metropolis. A day earlier, Counter Terrorism of Department of Sindh Police claimed to have recovered a huge arm cache being concealed underground in Mehran Town area of Karachi.

“The counter Terrorism Department during raid in Mehran Town area of the Korangi neighborhood last night arrested Waseem Ahmed alias Waseem Double, Unit in-charge of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement London,” informed Raja Umar Khattab, in-charge CTD.

“On his indication police recovered a huge cache of arms,” Khattab told The Frontier Post.

“Waseem is employee of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Broad (KWSB) and would draw salary at home,” Khattab further told.

According to police, the accused had obtained several arms licenses for his unit through counterfeit documents. “The accused, preciously worker of the United MQM before Dr Farooq Sattar parted ways with party founder Altaf Hussain, had been involved in China Cutting, land grabbing, extortion and snatch of hides during the area 2010 to 2013, police claimed.

As a unit in charge, the accused told police, he would provide arms to the terrorists.

The arms and ammunition, Khattab informed, include four Repeater Riffle, three pistol, one Ak-47, and four hundreds and ten bullets of Ak-147, 12 bore and other pistol.