 Bannu Police seized 120 kilogrammes of explosives from a vehicle travelling to Bannu from North Waziristan on Sunday. A police team headed by Sikandar Khan, a deputy superintendent of police, stopped a Datsun pickup on the Bannu-Miran Shah road and seized arms and ammunition hidden under bags of corn. One light machine gun, 48,247 bullets, and one anti aircraft gun were also seized, besides the explosives. The police arrested Habibullah, Naseebullah and Khairullah, all residents of Bannu, and registered a case against them.| So they were lightly armed. |
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