Police arrest gang suspected of looting NATO container

Large cache of illega­l arms, medici­nes and batter­ies recove­red from six-member gang in Karach­i.

KARACHI: Police in Karachi have arrested a six-member gang suspected of looting a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) container and killing the driver, Express 24/7 reported on Thursday.

A large cache of illegal arms, medicines and batteries was also recovered from the suspected looters.

According to the Deputy Superintendent of Police's Crime Branch, the suspects were arrested from the Maripur area of Karachi. The apprehended men are suspected for looting a Nato container bound to reach Afghanistan 10 days ago.

In October, a number of items being transferred to Nato forces in Afghanistan were recovered from a warehouse in Peshawar. Another stolen oil tanker was recovered from Faisalabad and the police had nabbed two outlaws involved in stealing oil worth more than Rs10 million.

Most supplies and equipment required by foreign forces in Afghanistan are shipped through Pakistan, although US troops increasingly use alternative routes through Central Asia.