TAXILA, Sept 29: Three men suspected to be involved in Lyari gang war, targeted killings and extortion in Karachi were arrested during a raid carried out by security forces in a village near Wah Cantonment on Sunday.

Police said that arms meant for Nato forces, walkie-talkie and radio sets, fake ID cards, passports, a large amount of cash, scores of SIMs and eight cell-phones were seized from the suspects.

Tariq Gandassa, Faisal Mulla and Sharafat Khan, who reportedly belong to a political group, were arrested from Gari Afghanan village during the pre-dawn raid.

According to DSP Toufail Baloch of CID, the detainees were wanted to various police stations of Karachi for their alleged involvement in cases of extortion, robbery, targeted killing and other crime.

He said they were arrested on the lead provided by the suspected target killers arrested at Murree on Sept 18, adding that one of three men was wanted in the murder of four men.

Police said the suspects were planning to flee abroad, adding that they had been shifted to some undisclosed location for interrogation.

According to police, target killers and extortionists have started fleeing to Punjab and other parts of the country from Karachi after the Rangers and other security forces launched a targeted operation in the city.