Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel managed to arrest Shahzain Bugti, who was earlier detained at Baleli checkpost, Quetta after a huge quantity of arms and ammunitions were recovered from one of his convoy's car. Reportedly, Shahzain refused to come out of his tainted-glass four-wheeler and tried to escape. However, FC men intercepted his vehicle and arrested him after breaking his vehicles window glass.Bugti's 35 men have also been arrested. Earlier, Provincial President Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Shah Zain Bugti was detained along with his 17 men by FC personnel after they recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from his motorcade at Baleli Check point in Quetta. Shahzain, called some TV channels and told them that the recovered arms are not mine, I am being implicated. He alleged that FC wanted to arrest him to stop the announced Dera Bugti long march.Shahzain was returning to Quetta from Chaman.The seized arms include unlicensed 43 kalashnikovs, 6 RPG, 2 rocket launchers, 70,000 rounds, 2 RR Guns and several IEDs. Shahzain Bugti is the grandson of slain Baloch leader and former chief minister of Balochistan Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti. Also, the FC men commandeered Bugtis 11 cars. Later, while briefing the press on Shahzain Bugtis arrest, IG FC Obaidullah Khan said that he violated section 144 and refused to allow checking, which led to his arrest. We hold 3-hour negotiations with Shahzain to surrender but he refused and then tried to escape, the IG told the newsmen and added that his bid to escape was foiled and arrested him. However, he said that no force was used against him.
