RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from North Waziristan’s Madi Khel area during an intelligence-based operation (IBO), Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday.
Security forces conducted the IBO on reports of the presence of a weapons and ammunition cache in the area. During the search operation sub-machine guns, light machine guns, RPG-7s, hand grenades, RPG-7 rockets and hundreds of multiple calibre rounds were recovered, it said.
“Locals of the area appreciated the operation and expressed their full support to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the area,” the ISPR added.
On Feb 20, a Pakistan Army soldier had embraced martyrdom and as many as five terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan district.
