Police arrested the smuggler identified as Maazullah of Zarghun tribe of Darra. AFP/File
KOHAT: The Jungle Khel police foiled a smuggling bid by recovering an arms cache from a pick-up vehicle and arresting a carrier on the Peshawar Bypass here on Thursday.
The police were checking vehicles coming from Darra Adamkhel whey they stopped a suspicious vehicle. During search, they found two Kalashnikovs, 72 pistols and 8,800 cartridges hidden in secret cavities of the vehicle.
They arrested the smuggler identified as Maazullah of Zarghun tribe of Darra. He was carrying the weapons to Dera Ismail Khan.
ECONOMIC ZONE: The office-bearers of the Kohat Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) have flayed the provincial government for not announcing setting up of an economic zone in the small industrial estate in Kohat under its new industrial policy.