Staff Reporter
Rangers and police have arrested 26 criminals in a joint operation from different areas of the city on Sunday. The 20 accused including Amjad Ali, Amin Rehman, Syed Imran Hussain Shah, Asadullah, Bilal Ahmed, Abdul Wahid and others were arrested from Baldia Town, Garden, Baloch Colony, Sachal, Awami Colony, Liaquatabad,Korangi Industrial Area, Sharifabad, Ferozabad and Al-Falah areas, said a spokesman for Sindh Rangers. The accused were arrested for reportedly looting people, possessing illegal weapons, armed robberies and street crimes. While other six accused were arrested from areas of Al-Falah, Jackson, Liaquatabad, Saddar and Shahra-e-Faisal and have been identified as Majid alias Papa, Mehraj alias Yousuf alias Chappar, Ijaz alias Bhoora, Irshad Hussain, Gul Hasan and Mohammad Abbas, allegedly involved in drug trafficking. The Rangers have recovered illegal weapons, ammunition, reportedly smuggled goods and drugs from the possession of the accused and all the accused have been handed over to the police for legal proceedings.
