LAHORE, Aug 16: Intelligence agencies detained here on Monday a foreigner and a Pakistani suspected to have links with Al Qaeda.
An intelligence source said that the foreigner was from Burma and the Pakistani, identified as Mohammad Shafiq, a militant who belonged to the banned Jaish-i-Muhammad.
He said the arrests were made after a cell phone call was intercepted in Karachi, adding that Al Qaeda operative in custody was contacted by the two suspects through the cell phone. An intelligence team conducted a raid in the Lahore cantonment area and picked up the two suspects from a rented house.
Six cell phones, cash amounting to $11,500 and some important documents were seized from them, the intelligence official said. The Pakistani suspect is from Muridke in Shaikhupura.
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