681 proclaimed offenders arrested

FAISALABAD: District police claimed to have arrested 681 proclaimed offenders, including 77 POs of Category A and 604 POs of Category B, from various parts of the district over the last month.

Police Spokesman Amir Waheed said on Tuesday that on the special direction of the City Police Officer (CPO), police constituted various squads and conducted continuous raids in various areas. Police arrested 1,207 outlaws from Faisalabad during last one month. Police also arrested 249 drug traffickers and seized 62 kg of hashish, 11 kg of heroin and 2,905 litres of liquor during the said period. Similarly, police nabbed 213 illicit weapon holders and seized 184 pistols, 17 guns, 10 rifles, 4 kalashnikovs and 3 revolvers.

The police also conducted raids at gambling dens in Faisalabad and caught 64 gamblers red handed and seized Rs43,130 cash and other items from their possession.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 4^th, 2019.