Islamabad, September 24: In a joint intelligence operation, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and the Federal Capital Police hunted down two agents of a foreign espionage agency and recovered explosive material with weapons, ammunition and suspicious documents in their possession, they reported. local media. The daytime operation was carried out at a hideout near Green Belt Pahari (hill), located on the Islamabad Expressway, when the two suspects were exchanging addresses or information conveyed by the foreign agency, The News reported.
The CTD registered FIR and transferred the alleged agents to an unknown location
The CTD registered a first information report (FIR) and shifted the alleged officers to an unknown location for investigation. A joint team of the CTD and the police, upon receiving information from the intelligence agencies, was keeping an eye on the suspects.
The two bike-riding suspects appeared in Rawalpindi and stopped near Khanna Pahari.
The two bicycle-riding suspects appeared in Rawalpindi and stopped near Khanna Pahari when the CTD and police commandos arrested them and shifted them to the CTD police station after recovering more than one kilogram (1,050 grams) of explosive material. with detonators, 3-foot prima cable, two sophisticated weapons (China made Norinco to shoot Benazir Bhutto on December 27, 2007) and ammunition, the FIR said, The News reported.
The bomb disposal squad was called to collect explosive material
The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) was called in to collect explosive material and other relevant evidence, the sources said, adding that the BDS sent a sample of explosives and other materials for chemical examination.
They were paid agents of the foreign spy agency.
People involved in the investigation of the case said that the foreign agents, both hailing from Gujar Khan, during the preliminary investigation confessed that they were paid agents of the foreign spy agency and achieved the objectives mentioned by the agency, including political, social and religious figures, adding that the agency finances them through unknown sources before mentioning the targets.
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