Islamabad Capital police apprehended 10 criminals involved in criminal activities and recovered drugs and weapons with ammunition from their possession, a police public relations officer said.
He said that DIG Operations Sohail Zafar Chatha had ordered all zonal officers to curb the crime in their respective areas and arrest those involved in criminal activities and looting innocent people.
Following these directives, a Bhara kahu police team arrested an = accused namely Mubashir Ahmed and recovered one 30 bore pistol along with ammunition from his possession. Likewise, the Phulghran police team arrested an accused namely Usman Mehmood and recovered one 30 bore pistol along with ammunition from his possession.
Similarly, Karachi Company police arrested two accused namely Arslan Amjad and Muhammad Shafi and recovered one 223 bore gun and one 9mm
pistol along with ammunition. Margalla police arrested an accused namely Muhammad Javed and recovered one 12 bore gun from his possession.
Moreover, Tarnol police team arrested an accused namely Khandan and recovered one 30 bore pistol from his possession. Koral police arrested 03 accused namely Muhammad Hamad, Zohaib and Ahad for possessing illegal weapons and recovered three 30 bore pistols from their possession.
Furthermore, Sabzi Mandi police arrested a drug peddler namely Shah Fahad and recovered 4858 grams of hashish from his possession.
Cases have been registered against the nabbed accused and further investigation is underway.
DIG Operations Sohail Zafar Chatha said that the safety of the lives and property of the citizens is our prime responsibility and no laxity will be tolerated in this regard.