GUJRAT: Police on Friday arrested two suspected terrorists and recovered175kg of explosives from them, averting a major terror bid in the city.

According to DSP Ramzan, police recovered the explosives from a car stoppedat a picket in Lala Musa.

The explosives were being transported in sacks to Gujrat, police said.

Two suspects were arrested by the police and were shifted to an unknownplace for further investigation.

In January, the counter-terrorism department (CTD) arrested two suspectedTehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists and recovered explosives fromtheir possession from Faisalabad.

The CTD said the terrorists were nabbed while on their way on Satiana Roadto carry out a terrorist attack at a sensitive installation in the city.

Three kilogrammes of explosives, two detonators and other equipment wasrecovered from their possession.