report on adaderana.lk, March 19, 2023 at 07:35 pmThe police have uncovered a hidden cache of high-power explosive materials from Avissawella, following a confession made by contract killer “Booru Muna” who was arrested after fleeing police custody recently. Thereby, 662 grams of C-4 type high-power explosive materials were found hidden under a utility pole on Dasawella Road in Hanwella. The explosive material stash was recovered by the crimes division of the Western Province (South) Police.…
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report in Daily Times, mar 18, 2023The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab arrested 11 alleged terrorists of banned outfits during operations. According to the spokesman, the CTD Punjab conducted 55 intelligence õbased operations in different districts of the province to effectively deal with any untoward incident of terrorism, in which 56 suspected persons were interrogated and 11 alleged terrorists were arrested with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials. He said that among the arrested terrorists…
Report in Dawn, March 15th, 2023KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a man for his alleged links with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. “The CTD carried out an intelligence-based action and arrested Israr, a commander of TTP (Tariq Gedar group),” said a CTD spokesperson. A Kalashnikov was recovered from the suspect, who originally hailed from Darra Adam Khel and had arrived Karachi 20 days ago. “The suspect has come to Karachi…
by Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, March 14th, 2023KARACHI: Police on Monday claimed to have killed two ‘masterminds’ of last month’s deadly attack on the Karachi Police Office (KPO), while two other suspects affiliated with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested after an ‘encounter’ on the outskirts of the metropolis. Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, flanked by senior officials of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), said that in order to eliminate the network behind the…
By Arshad Dogar in The News, Mar 13, 2023LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department arrested four suspects in 45 combing operations in different parts of the province on Sunday. According to the Punjab CTD spokesman, the police conducted 45 combing operations in various districts of the province with the help of local police and security agencies and arrested four suspected persons and registered cases against them. Giving details of the operations, the spokesperson said that…
report in Dawn, March 13th, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A key militant commander was killed and another involved in suicide attacks against security forces was arrested during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) carried out by security forces in the district on Sunday, officials said. They said security forces also recovered a motorcycle with 20 kilogrammes of explosives. Officials said security forces launched the first IBO in Dirdoni area of Miramshah following information about presence of some militants in the…
report in The Daily Star, Mar 13, 2023Rab said its members have arrested nine members of the newly surfaced militant group Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya from Bandarban yesterday. The outfit’s training commander Didar Hossain alias Chompai was among the arrestees, Khandaker Al Moin, Rab’s legal and media wing director, said today. They were arrested along with arms and ammunition during a drive at the district’s Tonkaborti area, he said, adding that Rab would hold…
report in The News, March 11, 2023The District City police, in collaboration with an intelligence agency, arrested two suspected terrorists in a raid in the Kalakot area of Lyari on Friday. According to SSP Arif Aziz, the suspects, Waleed alias Walar and Shoaib alias Bablu, are alleged members of the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), a banned separatist organisation of Balochistan. During the raid, the police claimed seizing two hand grenades from the possession of the…
report in The Daily Star, Feb 26, 2023Detectives in Rajshahi have busted a torture cell, used by kidnappers, in the city’s Hetomkhan area and arrested four suspects. Bijoy Basak, additional commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, said police came to know about the torture cell while investigating a kidnapping case. Police arrested four members of a kidnapping gang during a special operation on Friday, and recovered locally-made weapons, the official said during a press conference at…
report in The News, Feb 25, 2023KOHAT: The officials of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday arrested six alleged terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a raid here. The sources said that acting on a tip-off the CTD personnel raided the alleged hideout of the TTP men and made the arrests. The arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan men also included a commander identified as Mohammad Kamal alias Rocketi. The arrested persons, who were shifted to…
Report in Dawn, February 23, 2023PESHAWAR: The counter-terrorism department killed a militant and arrested five others in an operation in Tela Band area, some 20 kilometres south of the provincial capital, early on Wednesday. A senior police official told Dawn on condition of anonymity that the operation was carried out after receiving intelligence about the presence of militants in the area. He said the militants both killed and arrested were Afghan nationals and worked for…