Karachi operation: Rangers, police arrest 150 suspects
Suspects include target killers, extortionists and wanted criminals.
File photo of Karachi police. PHOTO: AFP
KARACHI:
Rangers and police arrested around 150 suspects during targeted operations in several areas of Karachi on Wednesday, Express News reported.
The suspects include target killers, extortionists and wanted criminals. According to the police, the arrested target killers have confessed to killing people in the recent past.
Several weapons and drugs were also seized from the suspects.
The targeted operation started in Karachi after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited the metropolitan in September last year in a bid to devise a strategy to curb violence.
With the provincial government on board, the prime minister had given a go-ahead to the paramilitary force to conduct raids and arrest criminals with the help of the police.
According to a 5-month police report on Karachi targeted operations, around 601 suspects were arrested out of which 213 were wanted; 153 were arrested in target killing cases and 71 were arrested in kidnapping for ransom cases.
The report revealed that incidents of target killing were reduced by 56% while murders and street crimes were reduced by 30% since the operation began.
Rangers and police arrested around 150 suspects during targeted operations in several areas of Karachi on Wednesday, Express News reported.
The suspects include target killers, extortionists and wanted criminals. According to the police, the arrested target killers have confessed to killing people in the recent past.
Several weapons and drugs were also seized from the suspects.
The targeted operation started in Karachi after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited the metropolitan in September last year in a bid to devise a strategy to curb violence.
With the provincial government on board, the prime minister had given a go-ahead to the paramilitary force to conduct raids and arrest criminals with the help of the police.
According to a 5-month police report on Karachi targeted operations, around 601 suspects were arrested out of which 213 were wanted; 153 were arrested in target killing cases and 71 were arrested in kidnapping for ransom cases.
The report revealed that incidents of target killing were reduced by 56% while murders and street crimes were reduced by 30% since the operation began.