ISLAMABAD, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province said on Saturday that it had arrested 33 suspected terrorists in 475 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across the province in August.
The CTD said in a police statement that it had interrogated 475 suspects during the IBOs, out of which 33 were found to have strong links with banned organizations.
According to the police, the operations were conducted in various districts of the province to counter the menace of terrorism and to avert any untoward incident.
The police added that it had registered 32 cases against the suspects under various sections of the country's Anti-Terrorism Act.
The police claimed to have confiscated 5 kgs of explosives, two hand grenades, two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 26 detonators, 73 feet of safety fuse wire, and four pistols with live ammunition and prohibited printed material.
According to the data provided by police, it had conducted 3,674 combing operations in the outgoing week and checked 186,331 persons and arrested 1,431 suspects who are under investigation. ■
