ISLAMABAD, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani security forces on Tuesday seized a cache of weapons in the country's northwest and frustrated a major terror plot, the military said.
The weapons were being transported to Wana, a main town in South Waziristan tribal region, but the security forces recovered the consignment when they searched a truck near Kohat city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The weapons were loaded in the truck at Darra Adam Khel, a town some 45 kilometers from Peshawar. Darra Adam Khel is famous for locally-made arms.
An army statement said that two "terrorists" were also arrested during the raid.
Giving details of the recoveries, the army said that the security forces conducted an intelligence- based operation near a strategic tunnel near Kohat after they received confirmed intelligence.
The weapons include different types of pistols, rifles, submachine guns and ammo boxes.
