TTP men involved in fundraising in Karachi held

KARACHI: The Counter Terrorism Department (formerly the Crime Investigation Department) on Thursday arrested two Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Afghanistan men allegedly involved in raising funds for terror activities. Police recovered at least 25 Afghan mobile phone SIM cards, 50 cards of mobile phone service in Afghanistan, a laptop and other valuables from their possession.
The SSP of CTD-2, Junaid Shaikh, told a press conference that an informer told the police that some terrorists of the TTP involved in raising funds for the TTP had been running an illegal telephone exchange named the Grace Exchange in the Moin Square, Gulshan-e-Iqbal.
The CTD staff raided the illegal telephone exchange and arrested the suspects and busted the telephone exchange.
During initial interrogation, the accused told the police that they had been running the illegal telephone exchange and colleting funds for sending them to the US, Afghanistan and Canada.
The accused disclosed the names of their associates involved in fundraising as Shah Muhammad in the city, Ali UK Wala, Ninety Afghanistan and Yujesh Patel working in Canada.
The SSP said further investigations were under way.