CTD kills four terrorists of proscribed organisation in Quetta

Staff Reporter
QUETTA: Four terrorists of the banned Jamaatul Ahrar were killed in a gun battle with a team of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in the Hazar-Ganji area of the provincial capital. According to a CTD spokesperson, the CTD personnel intercepted a truck, on a tip-off about drugs being smuggled to Karachi, at the Gulzarabad checkpoint on the outskirts of Quetta.
Instead of stopping, the men travelling in the truck opened fire on the CTD personnel, triggering an exchange of fire that continued for half an hour, leaving four terrorists dead.
Upon searching the truck, 27 kilograms of fine quality heroin was recovered from secret compartments meant to hide drugs for smuggling.
“The four terrorists killed in the gunfight belong to banned Jamaatul Ahrar,” the spokesman said, adding that further investigation was in progress.