Illegal trade: Four charged with smuggling weapons

RAWALPINDI: The Airport Security Forces (ASF) on Tuesday arrested four passengers for attempting to smuggle weapons and ammunition to Dubai and registered a case against them. Four persons hailing from Balochistan were arrested at Benazir Bhutto International Airport after ASF officials found a pistol, two magazines, and 12 bullets in a suitcase belonging to Juma Khan, who was booked for Dubai. Khan claimed he did not put the weapons in his suitcase and did not know how they got there.  Khan and three unidentified men were handed over to the Airport police and further investigations are underway. Meanwhile, Kamal Kamran lodged a report with the same police that auto-thieves stole his Toyota Corolla (ZS-010) from the porch of his house in Chaklala Scheme-III. The police registered a case but have not found any clue of the car. Investigations were under way when this report was filed.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 19^th, 2014.