Saving the federal capital from a possible terror attempt, highly attentive and active low ranked police officials foiled a terrorism plot on Sunday by seizing a huge cache of sophisticated arms.
The police officials, deputed at Tarnol Check Post, intercepted a car on Sunday morning and recovered 25 Kalashnikovs, 40 pistols and hundreds of bullets packed beneath the seats of the car.
"It was routine check as we have no intelligence about the suspicious car. We flagged down a car driver and he did so. However, the strange attitude of driver made us to search the car which led us to recover the huge cache of arms and ammunition," a police official, who spotted the arms told TheNation on Sunday.
The police officials arrested the driver at the spot and shifted him to Tarnol Police Station for interrogation. Later on the accused was identified as Mehboob Hassan, a resident of Kahuta.
Sources said police was interrogating the accused who revealed that the arms were to be delivered to a group of people, currently based in Islamabad.
Minister for Interior Rehman Malik in a press conference here on Sunday termed these recoveries as great success of Islamabad Police and appreciated IGP Islamabad Bani Amin Khan, SSP Islamabad Muhammad Yusuf Malik for taking effective steps to ensure protection to the lives and property of the citizens.
He also awarded commendation certificates for the members of the police team who foiled the attempts of weapon smuggling.
Chief Commissioner Islamabad Tariq Mehmood Pirzada, IGP Islamabad Bani Amin Khan, SSP Islamabad Muhammad Yousuf Malik, SP Sajid Kiyani, SP Investigation Ch Liaqat Ali, SP Muhammad Ishaq Warraich and other police officials were also present on the occasion.
The minister said that Islamabad Police are endeavoring its best to safeguard the city and this force is role model for other law enforcement agencies. Earlier, the IGP Islamabad briefed the minister about the performance of Islamabad Police.
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