Police admit they are unable to trace culprits behind Sindh’s ‘biggest bust’

Forensic report for smaller weapons filed while one for heavier weapons is still awaited

KARACHI: Police submitted on Thursday a report pertaining to the recovery of large arms and ammunition cache from Azizabad with an anti-terrorism court (ATC), stating that they were unable to trace the culprits behind.

It read that forensic reports for smaller weapons were obtained from the Forensic Science Laboratory while the same for heavier weapons was still awaited.

Police had also approached the foreign manufacturers of the arms for any clue but they had not replied, it added.



The report contended that the National Forensic Sciences Agency was also intimated through a letter, seeking their help in knowing the erased writing on the weapons’ wooden boxes.

Other law enforcement agencies were also contacted for information about any weapons heist with which the recovered item could potentially be linked.

Mentioning that culprits behind this arms cache were untraceable, police said the political party – Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) – had its headquarters near the house from where the recovery was made. However, the party had vacated the area months ago following a crackdown.



The report stated that while the office-bearers of the party had left the area, residents were also reluctant to give any information on this arms saga. Meanwhile, the real owner could also not be located, it added.

Police had recovered a large cache of arms, ammunition and explosives, including SMGs, LMGs, Kalashnikovs, sniper rifles and anti-aircraft guns, hidden in the secret tank of a house close to MQM headquarters Nine Zero.

However, the police termed the case A-class, citing lack of clue leading to the culprits in November last year. The court hearing the matter asked the police to keep the investigation underway and submit a progress report twice a month.