News Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Capital police apprehended 13 criminals including six drug peddlers involved in criminal activities and recovered drug 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 looting innocent people.
Following these directives, a Kohsar police team arrested an accused namely Shahzad and recovered 565 gram heroin from his possession.
Tarnol police team arrested a drug peddler namely Zubair and recovered 1130 gram heroin from his possession.
Similarly, the Sangjani police team arrested two accused namely Muhammad Waris and Muhammad Hasnat and recovered two 30 bore pistols from their possession. Shams Colony police arrested an accused Sulman and recovered one 30 bore pistol from his possession.
Moreover, Khanna police arrested the accused namely Arslan and recovered one 9mm pistol along with ammunition from his possession. Cases have been registered against the nabbed accused and further investigation is underway. During a special crackdown against proclaimed offenders and court absconders police teams arrested 07 accused from different areas of a city.
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. NNI
