Public health: Organ trade gang busted, 6 arrested
Gang members in custody had confessed to buying and selling as many as 30 kidneys.
Organ trade gang busted, 6 arrested. DESIGN: AMNA IQBAL
LAHORE:
Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a gang involved in human organ trade.
The duty officer at the police station said gang members, Ahmed Yar, Muhammad Saleem, Ashraf, Dr Fawad Mumtaz, Saqib Khan and Imran were arrested on a tip off.
He said the gang’s laboratory in Rawalpindi had also been raided and attendants Kashif and Ghulam Jaffer had been arrested.
He said while the mastermind was missing, gang members in custody had confessed to buying and selling as many as 30 kidneys.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 16th, 2013.
Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a gang involved in human organ trade.
The duty officer at the police station said gang members, Ahmed Yar, Muhammad Saleem, Ashraf, Dr Fawad Mumtaz, Saqib Khan and Imran were arrested on a tip off.
He said the gang’s laboratory in Rawalpindi had also been raided and attendants Kashif and Ghulam Jaffer had been arrested.
He said while the mastermind was missing, gang members in custody had confessed to buying and selling as many as 30 kidneys.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 16th, 2013.