| The Frontier Corps (FC) has foiled a terror attempt by seizing a huge haul of weapons and drugs in Chaghi near the Pak-Afghan border, FC Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Brig Furqan Ali said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, the FC raided the Shabian area in Chaghi and seized 940 kilogrammes of morphine, 40 kg of charas, 8 kg of opium, rocket launchers, six hand grenades, mortar rounds, artillery shells, a pistol, a Kalashnikov rifle and a 303 bore rifle, Ali told a press conference. No arrest was reported. To a query, the DIG said police were investigating the kidnapping of Iranian citizens, recovered earlier by the FC. He added that no decision had been taken regarding the deployment of FC in Quetta. |