Suspects arrested in Mohmand Agency

GHALLANAI: The security forces arrested several suspects and seized a huge cache of arms when they enforced curfew and carried out a search operation in the Mohmand Agency on Monday.

The curfew was clamped and the search operation was started early in the day. It continued until 3pm.

During the search operation, several persons who couldn’t prove their identification were arrested. Their identity wasn’t revealed by the authorities. The troops also recovered arms from the people.

The detained men were shifted to another, undisclosed place for interrogation. After 3pm the Peshawar-Bajaur road passing through Mohmand Agency was reopened to traffic. A large number of vehicles were stranded on both sides of the road during the curfew hours. People suffered and those going to Peshawar, Bajaur and other areas waited for hours before reaching their destination.  The tribespeople asked the political administration to return them their weapons as these were meant for their protection.

The search operation was conducted in the wake of the two recent attacks by the militants on the posts of the Khassadar force in Mohmand Agency. Nine Khassadars were killed in these attacks. In a raid by the security forces in the Krappa area a day after the two attacks, the authorities claimed five militants were killed and arms were recovered.