Print Print edition: 2011-03-07

Bid to smuggle ammunition foiled

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The security forces foiled a bid to smuggle ammunition from Afghanistan to Pakistan. "Unknown men has hided a cache of ammunition in a stream in town, Qamardin Karez near Pak-Afghan border in order to smuggle it to Pakistan," official sources said on Sunday adding that the hidden ammunition was recovered on a tip-off.
The recovered ammunition included 18 rockets, dozens of hand grenades, thousands of cartridges and 18 bomb related fuse. A case has been registered against unidentified culprits and investigation was underway.