KOHLU: Levies forces and intelligences agencies averted a major terror bid in the Kohlu district of Balochistan and recovered a huge cache of weapons stashed away at a secret hideout.
A large number of weapons and explosives were recovered in the operation conducted in the Kahan area, including 181 RPG rockets and 172 RPG fuses, Deputy Commissioner Kohlu Agha Naveed said in a press conference.
Security forces also recovered a MMRR 75 gun and 80 rounds.
A number of such operations have been conducted in the province rife with violence.
On November 5, the Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan and intelligence agencies recovered a heavy cache of arms and ammunition in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Balochistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) department had said.
The IBO, conducted in Channah Nullah and Chatthar area near Dera Murad Jamali, was part of the ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad that was launched this year on February 22.
In another operation in October, the FC Balochistan foiled a major terror bid by recovering 1,300 kilograms of ammunition in search operations conducted in a number of areas across the province.
The operation was conducted in Kohlu, Ghazi Nullah and Naseerabad.