Arms trafficking bid foiled in Bahawalpur

Police say the seized weapons were being transported to Sindh

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 2^nd, 2024.