Kohat:The personnel of Riaz Shaheed police station on Sunday foiled an attempt of arms and ammunition smuggling and arrested an inter-district smuggler from Indus Highway.
Police said the action was taken under the headship of SHO Riaz Shaheed police station, Mir Afzal during a routine checking on Indus Highway.
A car was signaled to stop and upon inspection, weapons including 1 heavy machine gun, 1 Kalashnikov, 3 rifles, 1 pistol and 550 cartridges were recovered from its secret compartments.
The smuggler, identified as Nadir Khan, a resident of Sada Kurram was taken into custody and a case was registered against him. He confessed to smuggling the arms to Kurram district.