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An FIR has been registered against president of the Balochistan chapter of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Shahzain Bugti and his 26 body guards for keeping illegal arms, Dunya News reported on Thursday. The cases have been filed with Airport Police Station under 6 different sections of Anti-terror Act, which included misbehavior with government officers, recovery of illegal arms, interference in governments work, etc. On Wednesday, paramilitary troops arrested on Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, grandson of the late Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, along with several personal guards, after finding a huge quantity of illegal arms and ammunition in vehicles of his convoy coming from the border town of Chaman. According to Shahzain Bugti, the drama ofarms smuggling had been staged to stop him from holding a march to Dera Bugti on January 28. The arms and ammunition recovered from the 16 smuggled vehicles included 50 SMGs, 4 LMGs, two 12.7mm AA guns, two 14.2 mm AA guns, one SPG-9, one 9mm pistol, one AUG, 46,000 rounds of SMG, 1,600 rounds of 12.7/14.5, 570 rounds of AUG, 880 rounds of sniper rifle, 39 rounds of 9mm pistol, 17 mobile phones and 16 vehicles.
