The weapons included 75 12-bore repeaters, 10 shotguns and spare parts of various arms. Online/File
KOHAT: The police seized a big cache of weapons and related spare parts which were being smuggled in a truck from Parachinar to Peshawar and Punjab via Kohat and arrested three smugglers at Gulshanabad here on Thursday.
The weapons included 75 12-bore repeaters, 10 shotguns and spare parts of various arms.
DSP headquarters Ijaz Khan Abazai told a press conference that they had information from the Intelligence Bureau about an attempt to smuggle a big quantity of weapons via Kohat.
SHO Afzal Awan and his team stopped the truck at Gulshanabad close to the hilly track between Kohat and Darra Adamkhel. Trucks are not allowed to use the Friendship tunnel.