Bhuj (Kutch), June 6: Police made the biggest haul of arms and explosives till date in Gujarat with the arrest of five Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agents during a late night operation in the district.An intensive combing operation has been launched for six Pakistanis who had crossed over into Kutch on June two.
Five were arrested from the remote village of Nara in Lakhpat taluka.
Police are searching for the sixth ISI agent Husain Kutchi Mandhra who is carrying fake currency notes worth Rs 180 lakh.
Official sources said the seizures included 24 kg of RDX, about 70 weapons -- mostly pistols and revolvers -- about one thousand cartridges, remote-controlled detonators and timer pencils and wireless sets besides bogus notes of Rs 10,000.
One of the arrested Pakistanis, Haji Sayed Sultan Shah Abdullah, has an identity card describing him as an ISI agents. He is stated to be the Karachi-based ISI agent and a resident of Badin, Sindh.
The other four agents are Nawaz Ali Jat, Usman Ali MohammedJat, Sachu Haji Ibrahhim Jat and Jamo.
The six Pakistanis had intruded into the Indian territory via Kori creek, off Koteshwar, close to the Indo-Pakistani marine border. They had come on a motor-boat owned by Jumman Haji Muhammmed (58), a resident of Thatha district of Sindh province, who was arrested on June three.
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