Robbers gang busted, valuables recovered

Police seized nine motorcycles, cash amounting to Rs 1.3 million, 4-tola gold, 8 pistols and other items

FAISALABAD: Mansoorabad police arrested eight members of robbers gang and seized nine looted motorcycles, cash and other items from them.

Police said that on Thursday that the team conducted raids in various parts of their jurisdiction and succeeded in arresting an eight member Aasi gang, including ring leader Asif alias Aasi, Abbas, Faisal, Nasir, Asif, Lateef, Adnan and Rukhsana Bibi. Police seized nine motorcycles and cash amounting to Rs 1.3 million, 4-tola gold, 8 pistols and other items from their possession.

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The accused were wanted by the police of Khurarianwala, Sargodha, Chak Jhumra, Millat Town and Raza Abad police stations in a number of robbery and other cases.

Four members of Aasi gang including Nasir Ali, Arshad, Ameer Ali and Shehroz were still at large and a special police team has been constituted to trace out their whereabouts to arrest them as soon as possible.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 29^th, 2019.