At Gunpoint: Robbers loot weapons worth Rs2.5m
City Police Officer, Azhar Hameed Khokhar, dispelled the impression that Taliban were behind the robbery.
RAWALPINDI:
Two armed robbers barged into arms and ammunition shop on Adam Jee Road in the jurisdiction of Cantonment police and made away with arms worth Rs2.5 million.
SHO Ishtiaq said that the armed robbers entered the Badruddin and Sons Shop and held two employees hostage at gunpoint and looted 16 imported pistols, three rifles and 600 cartridges.
Police with mobile forensic laboratory reportedly collected the finger prints of robbers.
The police also took the video clip from a surveillance camera installed near the shop.
Mustafa, owner of the shop said that two unidentified robbers entered his shop at 10am.
He said that the robbers fled with the ammunition after making his two employees hostage at gun point.
When contacted, City Police Officer, Azhar Hameed Khokhar, dispelled the impression that Taliban were behind the robbery.
He said that the police have collected video footage from a surveillance camera and the culprits would soon be arrested.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2013.
Two armed robbers barged into arms and ammunition shop on Adam Jee Road in the jurisdiction of Cantonment police and made away with arms worth Rs2.5 million.
SHO Ishtiaq said that the armed robbers entered the Badruddin and Sons Shop and held two employees hostage at gunpoint and looted 16 imported pistols, three rifles and 600 cartridges.
Police with mobile forensic laboratory reportedly collected the finger prints of robbers.
The police also took the video clip from a surveillance camera installed near the shop.
Mustafa, owner of the shop said that two unidentified robbers entered his shop at 10am.
He said that the robbers fled with the ammunition after making his two employees hostage at gun point.
When contacted, City Police Officer, Azhar Hameed Khokhar, dispelled the impression that Taliban were behind the robbery.
He said that the police have collected video footage from a surveillance camera and the culprits would soon be arrested.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2013.