MULTAN: Local police arrested two suspect terrorists after a firing encounter and recovered weapons and explosive material from them at Qasim Bela area early Thursday morning.
SHO cantonment police station Nasarullah Waraich told APP that a police team had set up a picket near Sikandri canal at Qasim Bela.
Police spotted two suspicious people riding a motorcycle and signalled them to stop. The suspects, however, opened fire on police and tried to escape.
Police also returned fire and chased them.
Police, however, apprehended them with explosive material including 37 detonators, a hand grenade, a pistol and a Kalashnikov.
Further investigations were in progress, police said. (APP)