Islamabad police have arrested 08 criminals including drug peddlers from different areas of the city and recovered 1080 gram heroin and six 30 bore pistols with ammunition from their possession, a police spokesman said.
According to the details, Islamabad police accelerated crackdown against criminal elements in order to reduce crime rate in the federal capital. In this regard special police teams from different police stations are formed to take stern action against those anti social elements.
A Bhara Kahu police team arrested a drug peddler and namely Muhammad Ali and recovered 1080 gram heroin from his possession. Likewise, the Nilore police team arrested two illegal weapons handlers namely Aqib and Danish Ali and recovered two 30 bore pistols from their possession.
Similarly, Golra police team arrested two accused namely Rehman ullah and Taj Muhammad during snap checking and recovered two 30 bore pistols from their possession. Khana police team arrested an accused namely Muhammad Suleman and recovered one 30 bore pistol from his possession.
Moreover, Shahzad Town and Industrial Area police teams arrested two accused namely Naqeeb and Suleman Khan during checking and recovered two 30 bore pistols with ammunition from their possession.
Cases against all the nominated accused have been registered and further investigation is underway.
IGP Islamabad Dr. Akbar Nasir Khan has appreciated this overall performance of the police teams and further ordered to intensify the crackdown. “Safety and security of the citizens is our foremost priority and no laxity will be tolerated in this regard” he added.
