Police arrested eight persons in a raid at bomb making factory here in Nawaklay and seized a large cache of arms.
DIG Malakand Range, Syed Akhtar Ali Shah said Mengora Police raided a factory where vehicles and bombs were prepared for suicide attacks and arrested 8 persons along with a dynamite laden vehicle, three large containers full of explosive material and other equipment.
Meanwhile, the security forces last night pounded the hideouts of militants with shells, forcing the residence to shift to safer places.