Radd Ul Fasad: 5 terrorists held, weapons recovered in different areas of Balochistan during IBOs

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RAWALPINDI, Feb 18 (TNS): The Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan claimed to have arrested five suspected terrorists and recovered weapons from their possession during several intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in different areas of the province on Sunday.

A statement issued by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the operations were carried out in Bostan, Dera Murad Jamali, Sibi , Pishin, Lehri and Chattar areas of Balochistan .

A large cache of arms and ammunition including rockets, sub-machine guns, mines and explosives were also recovered during the raids, it added.

The raids were part of the ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad, a military offensive launched in February 2017 against the “latent threat of terrorism”.