Caught at last: Four suspects arrested in targeted raids
Police claim to have seized 25 kilogrammes of explosives, five hand grenades as well as weapons from their possession.
KARACHI:
Karachi police claimed to have arrested four suspects during targeted raids. The arrests were disclosed in a press conference by the SSPs of districts East and Central on Sunday. The suspects were identified as Matha Khan, Qadir Buksh, Arbab and Mobin alias Kakay. Police claimed to have seized 25 kilogrammes of explosives, five hand grenades as well as weapons from their possession. The accused were wanted by the Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Nazimabad police in over 30 cases of land-grabbing, drug-peddling and arms-smuggling. According to sources, the the suspects had been arrested on Friday during a raid in Federal B Industrial Area, but the police only disclosed their arrests on Sunday.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 3rd, 2014.
Karachi police claimed to have arrested four suspects during targeted raids. The arrests were disclosed in a press conference by the SSPs of districts East and Central on Sunday. The suspects were identified as Matha Khan, Qadir Buksh, Arbab and Mobin alias Kakay. Police claimed to have seized 25 kilogrammes of explosives, five hand grenades as well as weapons from their possession. The accused were wanted by the Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Nazimabad police in over 30 cases of land-grabbing, drug-peddling and arms-smuggling. According to sources, the the suspects had been arrested on Friday during a raid in Federal B Industrial Area, but the police only disclosed their arrests on Sunday.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 3rd, 2014.