Karachi police arrest 1,100 suspects in a week

KARACHI: As many as 1,100 suspects were arrested by the Karachi police in separate operations carried out during the last week on the directives of AIG Ghulam Nabi Memon.

According to a Karachi police spokesperson, law enforcement personnel confiscated drugs worth millions of rupees as well as over 55 different weapons from the possession of the arrested suspects.

The weapons were sent to a forensic laboratory for analysis.

Meanwhile, two gangs of robbers allegedly involved in over 100 robberies, were also arrested by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) in an operation based on a tip-off.

Separately, the SIU officials arrested seven suspects, and confiscated over 13 kilogrammes of hashish and at least Rs200,000 in cash.
In addition, the Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell arrested four groups of suspected motorcycle thieves, seizing three stolen cars and at least 10 motorcycles from their possession.