Islamabad March 22 (IANS) The Airport Security Force (ASF) on Wednesday foiled a suspected terror bid at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore by confiscating a cache of weapons and ammunition a media report said.
A vehicle was stopped and searched by the ASF personnel at the airport checkpost on Wednesday morning and during a routine inspection a weapon and a large cache of ammunition was found in the vehicle an ASF officials told Dawn News.
The ASF confiscated a .223 bore rifle seven magazines and dozens of bullets from the vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle was identified as a resident of Lahore and was handed over to the police along with the car.
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Suspected terror bid foiled at Lahore airport
