17 incuding 8 POs held, drugs, arms recovered

By U.Zee

ISLAMABAD: Capital Cops arrested 17 outlaws including eight proclaimed offenders and recovered hashish and weapons from their possession.
A massive crackdown has been launched against anti-social elements and drug peddlers to make Islamabad a crime free city, the SSP (Operations) Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanveer said in a statement.
According to a police statement, Koral police arrested 02 accused namely Ahsan Messiah and Sohail and recovered 225 wine bottles from their possession. Shahzad Town police arrested Zubair Mehmood and recovered 130 gram hashish from him. Sabzi Mandi police arrested accused Farhan Ali and recovered 620 gram hashish from him.
Ramana police arrested accused Noman and recovered 1800 grams of hashish from him. Bhara Kahu police arrested accused Usman and recovered one 30 bore pistol from him.
CIA police arrested two accused Sohaib and Shera Meel and recovered 1050 gram hashish and one 30 bore pistol from their possession. Khanna police arrested accused Muhammad Shahzaib and recovered one 30 bore pistol from him. Cases have been registered against these nabbed persons and further investigation is underway from them. During special crackdown police teams of Tarnol, Sihala, Kohsar, Aabpara, Bhara Kahu and Shalimar arrested eight proclaimed offenders. SSP (Operations) Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanveer has appreciated the performance and asked for renewed efforts to curb such practices and get rid of society from such menace. The SSP also categorically asked all police officials to focus on resolving the public complaints and take every possible step to provide maximum relief to citizens. He said that performance in this regard would be reviewed on a continuous basis.