By IANS,
Karachi : Police in Karachi Tuesday recovered a huge cache of weapons, including rocket launchers, and anti-tank mortars, foiling an apparent bid to carry out terror attacks in this port city of Pakistan.
The police recovered 17 hand grenades, nine rocket launchers, five anti-tank mortars, nine Kalashnikovs, and two jackets used in suicide bombings from a drain near Saeedabad police training centre Tuesday morning, Online news agency reported.
According to the police, an official noticed the bags in the drain and informed the authorities concerned, which took the bags in possession and recovered the said weapons.
The bomb disposal squad was also summoned to the spot, which neutralised the hand grenades and mortars.
The police believe that the recovered weapons belong to the terrorists, who Monday night tried to attack Kemari oil field.
Three men wearing women’s burqa tried to enter the oil terminal in the city but were resisted by a security guard.
They shot dead the guard and fled when a police patrol team engaged them in a firefight, according to police.
Police seized 10 grenades, three Kalashnikovs and women’s purses crammed with bullets and cartridges.
The attackers, according to the police, planned to blow up the Kemari oil field, which is being used for fuel supplies to NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan.