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LAHORE, Nov 01 (APP): The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested 18 terrorists in 386 intelligence-based operations in different cities of Punjab in a month.
According to the CTD Punjab sources, the arrested suspects include a key member of a terrorist organisation who had completed planning of terrorism in a city of Punjab. The sources said that the operations were carried out in Lahore, Mandi Bahauddin, Khushab, Bahawalpur, Toba Tek Singh, Gujranwala, Narowal, Pakpattan and Bhakkar.
The CTD sources further said that the terrorists were identified by the names of Muhammad Karim, Ali Raza, Muhammad Aziz, Muhammad Ali, Hashim, Noorul Amin, Saleem, Saddam etc. The terrorists wanted to spread fear and panic among the people by carrying out operations at different places. They said that explosives, EID bombs, three detonators, 13 safety fuse wires, pamphlets, cash were recovered from the terrorists.
Meanwhile, 320 suspects were arrested during 4,601 combing operations in the month of October, while 109,892 people were questioned in combing operations.