Attempt to blow up the Zhob airport, police station foiled
ZHOB
In Zhob District police have foiled an attempt to blow up the Airport and the Police line and arrested three suspects on Saturday during a raid near the Customs Check Post on Zhob-Quetta road.
District Police Officer DPO Raz Mohammad Tareen disclosed this while addressing a news conference here on Saturday. Deputy Superintendents Police Sheikh Zia Mandokhail and Amanullah Mandokhail were also present on the occasion. He said that acting on a tip-off police have formed two teams of under the supervision of competent officers to look after the matter. “Three suspects were arrested from a deserted house on Zhob-Quetta road during a successful raid,” he added.
The suspects were identified as Noorullah, Hameedullah and Hanifa and they arrived from Waziristan with the intention of blowing up Zhob Airport and police line, said Raz Mohammad.
Police have recovered 46 shells of anti-aircraft gun, 11 mortar shells, a hand grenade and ten packets of explosive material from their possession. He informed that one of the suspects Noorullah hails from South Waziristan while Hameedullah and Hanfia belong to Loralai district of Balochistan. He said that important disclosures were expected from suspects during an interrogation.