Arms trafficking bid foiled in Bahawalpur
Police say the seized weapons were being transported to Sindh
The district police foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons from Khyber Pakhtunkhawa to Sindh and arrested three suspected traffickers, besides recovering a cache of weapons from their possession.
Police sources said that a three-member gang of smugglers, including a woman, was smuggling weapons and ammunition.
“Bahawalpur police received information about the bid and constituted special police team to arrest the smugglers,” they said.
A police team headed by Station House Officee (SHO) PS Uch Sharif Inspector Muslim Zia conducted a raid and arrested the three suspected smugglers.
The police recovered weapons from the suspects including an SMG, a G3 rifle, a pistol, other types of rifles and guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
The police registered a case against the accused. A probe was under way, local police officials said.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 2nd, 2024.
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