The men were thought to be part of a larger module, which had been planning to stage attacks in the country. Foreign passports, locally made arms, explosive materials and counterfeit currency were seized when the suspects were apprehended. Two of the detainees were brothers.
All of the suspects were reported as being Daesh militants, having links to the conflict zones of Syria and Iraq, via social networking sites.
"Raids are going on at three to four places in the old city. The local police are assisting them. Searches are being conducted over some suspected terror activities that were planned to be carried out in the city," an intelligence officer, who did not wish to be identified, was quoted as saying.
Following the raid, the international airport in Hyderabad was placed on high alert as a respone to the terror attack in the Istanbul airport in Turkey.
Law enforcement will now conduct questioning and open an investigation to learn more about their plots. Officials are also planning to launch similar raids in other cities including the IT hub of Bengaluru.
This is not the first time that terrorists have been rounded up in Hyperbad. In early 2016, several people who were thought to be linked with Daesh were arrested.
