2022: Police register 750k FIRs

Over 18,000 stolen vehicles recovered across Punjab districts

LAHORE:

Punjab Police during the year 2022 registered 756,738 First Information Reports (FIRs) against 1247,212 people across the province. As many as 10,224 members of 3,650 criminal gangs involved in various crimes were arrested across province.

Around 38,000 cases were traced through the investigation and stolen goods worth Rs2,116 million were recovered. In the year, 93,414 proclaimed offenders were arrested and imprisoned across the province.

Taking stern actions against the menace of drugs, 26,132 accused were arrested across the province. At least 218,849 kilograms of hashish, 578 kilogrammes of heroin, 691 kilogrammes of opium and 40,722 litres of liquor worth billions of rupees were recovered from the possession of the accused.

In the crackdown against possession of illegal weapons, 49,052 accused were arrested from different districts, while 2,112 Sten guns, 1,500 Kalashnikovs, 5,804 rifles, 2,598 guns, 658 revolvers, 33,327 pistols, 494 carbines, 61 mousers, 780 repeaters and one anti-aircraft gun were seized from the suspects.

Thousands of bullets and cartridges were also recovered by the police during raids across the province. During the year, the police recovered over 18,000 stolen vehicles and motorcycles from various districts of Punjab. Similarly, 4,002,050 complaints were registered on Complaint Management System out of which 3,982,331 were resolved. As many as 723,026 FIRs were registered on the complaints submitted. Punjab IGP Aamir Zulfiqar Khan directed the officers to make the process of protecting lives and properties of citizens more efficient and to speed up the process of eradicating the crimes and maintaining the law and order situation.

New Inspector General of Police Aamir Zulfiqar Khan said during the New Year, the crackdown against criminal elements, especially dangerous gangs, hardened criminals and organised criminal groups, should be intensified in all districts of the province. Kahna police station in Lahore ranked first for the highest number of registered FIRs. In the police station, over 10,000 FIRs were registered during the year, averaging 27 registered FIRs daily. An official shared that the police station exceeded over 16 districts in Punjab in number of registered cases during the year.