The National Highways and Motorway Police foiled a terrorist plot when they spotted four milk cans filled with explosives placed near the Sheikhupura Interchange and got them defused on Wednesday.
A spokesman said that motorway police officials Afzal Majeed and Rao Sajjad saw the milk cans near a fence along the road while patrolling an area near Sheikhupura. The cans contained explosive material with detonators attached.
They informed senior officials and personnel of a bomb disposal squad who defused the detonators. Each can carried 15kgs of explosives.
The spokesman said investigations were under way to trace the terrorists behind the plot. He said the explosives were enough to blow up the interchange. |