Explosive-laden vehicle seized near Quetta

QUETTA: Security forces on Friday morning foiled a major terror bid by seizing an explosive-laden vehicle in the Panjpai area.
A security official, on condition of anonymity, told a private news channel that the forces also apprehended an alleged suicide bomber along with an explosive-laden vehicle.He said 200 bombs were recovered from the vehicle during the raid.
“Forces acted quickly and did not face any resistance,” he said, adding that the explosive-laden vehicle was being brought to Quetta to carry out a major act of terrorism.Intelligence agencies and anti-terrorist forces personnel also picked up a suspected Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander from Balochistan’s Pishin area on Friday morning.
Security sources said that one low-level TTP militant was also arrested during the operation and the forces recovered weapons from the suspect’s possession.In another incident, the Frontier Corps personnel recovered arms and ammunition from a car in the Gulistan area of Killa Abdullah district. No arrests were made as miscreants had abandoned the vehicle for fear of raid.
Since the catastrophic attack on Peshawar’s Army Public School on Dec 16, security forces in Balochistan have launched a crackdown against militants of banned organisations in different parts of the province.