3 excise officials kidnapped after attack on checkpost in Balochistan's Chagai: police sources

QUETTA: Three excise officials have been abducted at gunpoint following an attack on their department’s checkpost on the Dalbandin–Taftan Highway in Balochistan’s Chagai district, police sources told Dawn on Tuesday. According to the sources, the attack was carried out by unidentified men on Monday evening. They said around 30 armed men surrounded the checkpost, held the officials on duty at gunpoint and later abducted them, without sharing further details about the kidnapped officials and th...

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