KARACHI: A major terror plot has been averted as the law enforcement agencies recovered over two tonnes of explosives in an operation in Karachi’s Raees Goth, Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Deputy Inspector General Ghulam Azfar Mahesar said on Monday.

“One truck, more than thirty large drums, five cylinders have been seized,” said the CTD officer while briefing the media alongside CTD AIG Zulfiqar Larik.

Providing details of the operation, DIG Mahesar noted that more than 2,000 kilogrammes of explosives have been recovered and three terrorists have been arrested.

Noting that the explosives had been defused, the police officer said that the suspects had planned a major terrorist attack in Karachi.

On the identity of the terrorists, the DIG said that they are associated with Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) commander Bashir.

Pointing out that commercial-grade explosives were also recovered, he said that the explosives were being transported via various routes and consolidated at the location concerned.

Apprising of those behind the terror plot, DIG Mahesar said that the planning was carried out abroad.

The action comes against the backdrop of ongoing nationwide counterterrorist efforts in the country, which has witnessed an increase in terror incidents since the Afghan Taliban’s takeover of Kabul.