Sindh police PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI: For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. Add another caveat to this - in law-breaking and crime. Lately, couples in Karachi have taken to partnering in criminal ventures, including house robberies, vehicle theft and drug dealing in educational institutions.
The Clifton Police on Thursday arrested a couple from Defence, allegedly involved in stealing cars, car batteries and sound systems. The police also seized weapons, two bullets, a stolen car with registration number ABN 681 and batteries from their possession.
Clifton SP Suhai Aziz said that the accused, Shoaib Ahmed alias Ali, son of Faiz Muhammad, and his wife Saeeda Salma Zehra, were arrested in an operation in Phase II extension commercial street number 2.
The SP said that Ahmed had completed intermediate level education while Zehra was a graduate of the University of Karachi with a Bachelor's in Commerce degree. Both were affiliated with the media, with Zehra also having worked in several private news channels as a news anchor. Aziz said that the couple sold the stolen items to pay for their drug of choice - Ice. She added that they did not even have a house to live in, spent the nights on footpaths and in the morning began their search for Ice afresh.
Aziz said that the car they found had been stolen on December 20 from the Gizri Police Station jurisdiction. She added that police had traced the real number plate of the stolen car. The SP said that the police had identified three people who bought batteries from the couple and added that two cases had been registered against them.
After the press conference, Zehra denied the allegations and asked why she was being punished for her husband's crime.
Drug peddlers
The Special Investigation Unit of the Sindh Police has arrested a couple involved in selling and supplying drugs to students in educational institutes.
The police arrested Imran Jameel alias Imran Jamati, son of Jameel Ahmed, and his wife, Sana, during an operation near Hub River Road and seized heroine from their possession. According to police sources, the couple have been imprisoned in several other cases before. Further investigation is underway.
Dacoit ring
Earlier this week, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Police arrested three robbers, including a woman, her husband and an accomplice, as they tried to make a run after looting a house in Block 3. The police seized cash, jewellery, mobile phones, motorcycle and other valuable things from their possession.
According to the police, the arrested couple had recently been released on bail after one-and-a-half years of imprisonment.
According to police sources, after receiving a complaint on the helpline, 15, Gulshan-e-Iqbal SHO Ikhlaq Ahmed Khan and other police personnel encircled house number 203 in Block 3 and arrested Mumtaz, her husband, Nadeem, and Asif.
Gulshan-e-Iqbal SP Tahir Noorani said that the police took action in time and arrested the thieves. They also found more than Rs10,000, six mobile phones, jewellery worth Rs300,000 and a motorcycle in their possession. Accomplices to the arrested, Seema, Shumaila, Amjad, Shehzad and Nabeel, successfully escaped the scene with more than Rs600,000.
The police said that the house that was robbed belonged to a trader, Saleem, and that the arrested woman had been working as a housemaid the past three days. She and her husband were the heads of a dacoit gang comprising seven members. According to the police, they had confessed to robbing houses in Gulberg, Nagin Chorangi, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Soldier Bazar. The police are raiding different areas to arrest their accomplices.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 28th, 2018.
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