Arms trafficking bid foiled in Bahawalpur
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.