ISLAMABAD, Feb 27 (NNN-APP) – The Police in Pakistan’s east Punjab province, arrested four terrorists in separate operations in the provincial city of Lahore yesterday, police sources said.
The counter-terrorism department of the province’s police, launched the operations by acting on intelligence, regarding the presence of high-profile terrorists in their sleeper cells in the city, the sources said.
The terrorists were arrested from their hideouts, and arms and ammunition were also seized, said the sources.
The arrested terrorists have been shifted to some unidentified place for further investigations.
Identities of the captured militants were not revealed, but the sources confirmed that they were members of a banned outfit.
The insurgents were involved in deteriorating the law and order situation in the country, and were planning further attacks, said the sources.
Pakistani police and security forces have accelerated operations against terrorists, in the wake of a new wave of terrorist activities in the country.
