Huge cache of arms, ammunition recovered from house in Karachi
- By Web Desk -
- Feb 03, 2020
KARACHI: Police on Sunday claimed to have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a house in Karachi, ARY News reported.
Acting on the information provided by the arrested suspect, the police conducted raid at a house in Dastagir area of Karachi and sized the explosive material and sophisticated arms.
The police seized nine RPG rockets, 60 hand grenades, 10 detonators, mortar shells, 38 SMGs and satellite telephone dumped in the house.
Sources said that a suspect Shahid alias KDA is the owner of the house. He is an employee in Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB).
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