Motorway police foil terror bid in Punjab

LAHORE: The motorway police have foiled a terror bid in Punjab by recovering a huge amount of sophisticated weapons and arresting two accused.

The motorway police intercepted a suspicious car near Burhan, which was on its way from Peshawar to Punjab. A huge amount of weapons were recovered from the car.

Police also arrested two accused, identified as Ameen ur Rehman and Asim.

According to the motorway police, the recovered weapons included 4 submachine guns along with their 8 magazines and 1620 rounds, 12 light machine guns with 24 magazines and 18 pistols of 30 bore along with 49,500 bullets.

Nine Repeaters along with 16 magazines, 1 Mark I rifle and 3,000 bullets of 9 MM were also recovered from the car, the police said.