In SWAT, the police have claimed to successfully thwart a sabotage attemptand uncovered a significant stockpile of weaponry and ammunition, includinga suicide jacket and rocket launchers, concealed underground.
Swat District Police Officer (DPO) Shafiullah Khan Gandapur, during apress conference held at the Mingora police station and attended by SPUpper Swat Muhammad Zaman and other police officials, revealed that thissubstantial cache of arms and ammunition was discovered through a jointsearch and strike operation involving the police, CTD, and security forceswithin the jurisdiction of Malam Jabba police station.
The recovered weaponry and ammunition encompass a suicide jacket, ten handgrenades, one rocket launcher, three rocket launcher shells, eleven rocketlauncher boosters, 71 detonators (non-electric), eight test light wires,three empty rocket launcher heads, one rifle snapper, 500 ball bearings,and a substantial quantity of cartridges.
DPO Gandapur added that these weapons and ammunition had been concealedunderground with the intent of carrying out subversive activities in theQadirabad (Ser) area, located within the Malam Jabba police stationprecincts. He emphasized that the terrorists’ plans for mass destructionwere thwarted by the police, and ongoing search and clearance operationscontinue in the region.
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Additionally, modern scientific methods are being employed in theinvestigation to identify and apprehend the culprits and theircollaborators. DPO Gandapur reassured the public by stating that the policehad successfully prevented any disruption of peace and potential harm totourism.
He conveyed a message to tourists, asserting that Swat is a place ofcomplete peace and encouraged them to visit this picturesque valley withoutany hesitation.
