QUETTA: The Levies Force claimed to have foiled on Wednesday an attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of illegal arms and ammunition from Balochistan to Karachi.

Sources said Levies personnel intercepted a pick-up at a checkpost near Kirdgap area of Mastung district and during search found illegal weapons, including 62 AK-47 rifles, 30 pistols of different types and thousands of rounds.

People travelling in the pick-up escaped, the sources said.

Deputy Commissioner of Mastung Mehrab Shah told this correspondent that the weapons were being smuggled to Karachi.

He said personnel of Levies Force and Frontier Corps had launched a search operation in the area for the suspects.