Rangers, police arrest robbery suspects

Four suspects of robberies, kidnapping for ransom, and drug dealing were arrested by Sindh Rangers and police in an intelligence-based joint operation from the Old Golimar area on Saturday.

The arrested suspects were identified as Riaz Batakkh, Tauqeer Ahmed, Wishal and Tanveer, said a spokesperson of Sindh Rangers.

The accused are reportedly involved in more than 250 robberies and mobile snatching crimes occurred in different areas including Nazimabad, New Golimar, Garden and Lasbela Chowk. Besides, they have also confessed to about killing of an auto-parts trader Shabbirur Rehman and his nephew, in the Old Golimar area on June 21, 2021.

Meanwhile, a dealer of methamphetamine popularly known as ice or crystal meth, Mehtab Haider Kazmi, was arrested by Sindh Rangers and police from the Mehmoodabad area.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 4^th, 2021.