200 suspects arrested in Pakistan operation
November 8th, 2009 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANSIslamabad, Nov 8 (IANS) Law enforcement agencies in Pakistan arrested nearly 200 people Sunday in a search operation carried out in the capital and near the city of Rawalpindi, Online news agency reported.
It was not immediately clear if the arrests are related to the Nov 2 bomb blast in Rawalpindi that killed 34 people.
Police sources said 13 Afghan nationals were among the detained and during the search operation the police checked identification documents of at least 3,000 people in different areas of Rawalpindi division, including Taxila, Wah Cant, Murree, Gujar Khan and Islamabad.
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