Three held in Quetta raid

Published June 7, 2007

QUETTA, June 6: Three suspected Taliban were arrested from a residential complex on the Jinnah Road on Wednesday. Sources said that Anti-Terrorist Force personnel raided a flat in the complex and arrested them after an exchange of fire.

We have no information about the arrests, said a senior police officer when contacted for confirmation of the report.

Meanwhile, police arrested three people from Patel Bagh and the Airport Road areas and seized explosive material.

Sources said that Maqbool Hussain and Mohammad Rafiq had been arrested on Tuesday and their accomplice Hussain Ali on Wednesday.

The detained men were wanted by police for their alleged involvement in cases of subversive activities.

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