Police apprehend CTD inspector in vehicle theft

During the raid, three individuals were caught unloading the stolen goods while another person managed to escape


Our Correspondent July 08, 2023
PHOTO: FILE

KARACHI:

Police have apprehended a Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) inspector and four others for stealing a pickup loaded with cooking oil and ghee from the New Karachi Industrial Area.

Shehryar, an employee of Fatah Traders Company, reported the incident and stated that he was transporting the goods when a police mobile with six officers stopped him near Chand Market. They forcefully took him off the pickup and drove him around before abandoning him.

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Shehryar promptly informed his owner, who contacted the New Karachi Industrial Area Police. Utilising the vehicle's tracker, the police located the pickup at a shop in the Garden area.

During the raid, three individuals were caught unloading the stolen goods while another person managed to escape. The arrested individual, Mohammad Saeed, implicated Arsalan as the accomplice who had escaped and revealed that he had purchased the stolen items from Inspector Zafar Iqbal. Inspector Zafar Iqbal, who was stationed in CTD Intelligence, has been arrested, and an investigation has commenced.

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