ISLAMABAD: Eight terrorists were arrested late Saturday in separate intelligence-based operations in Punjab, the Counter-Terrorism Department said.
According to the CTD, its personnel conducted an operation by acting on an intelligence tip-off regarding the presence of terrorists in a neighbourhood of Lahore.
Four terrorists belonging to a proscribed outfit were arrested during the operation in Lahore, said the CTD, adding the accused have been shifted to an undisclosed location to be interrogated.
Separately, the CTD and the Intelligence Bureau carried out a joint operation in Sheikhupura and apprehended two terrorists. The arrested persons were involved in terror activities in the district.
Moreover, two militants of a proscribed outfit were nabbed in two separate raids at their hideouts in Gujranwala and Hafizabad.
According to the police, the arrested men were collecting donations to finance terror activities in the districts.
