Eight outlaws held; cache of narcotics, liquor and weapons recovered

ISLAMABAD, May 8: Islamabad police have arrested 08 outlaws including drug peddlers and liquor sellers from different areas of the city and recovered 125 gram hashish, 16 liquor bottles and two 30 bore pistols with ammunition, a police spokesman said. He said that, Inspector General of Police ( IGP) Islamabad Muhammad Ahsan Younas had ordered crackdown against criminals including those involved in drug peddling and looting people. Following these orders, SSP (Operations) Faisal Kamran directed all zonal officers to accelerate their efforts to curb the crime in the city. According to the details, SP city Kamran Aamir constituted a police team under the supervision of SDPO Bani Gala and headed by SHO Bani Gala along with other officials arrested four accused involved in selling liquor and possessing illegal weapons. The accused were identified as Muhammad Adnan, TemoThias James, Babil Shehroon and Muhammad Ammad. Police recovered 07 bottles of liquor and one 30 bore pistol with ammunition from their possession. The accused have previous criminal records also. Various cases have been registered against the accused in PS Bani Gala FIR no. 194 dated 05.05.2022 under section 4 prohibition ordinance, FIR no. 195 dated 06.06.2022 under section 3/4 prohibition ordinance, and FIR no. 196 dated 06.06.2022 under section 13/ 20/ 65. Further investigation is underway. Likewise, a PS Ramna Police team arrested a drug peddler namely Sadiq and recovered 125 gram hashish from his possession. PS Margala police arrested an accused namely Danish Nadeem during snap checking and recovered one 30 bore pistol with ammunition from his possession. Moreover, PS Secretariat and Karachi Company arrested two accused namely Nadeem and AsadAmeen and recovered 09 bottles of liquor from their possession. Cases against all the nabbed accused have been registered and further investigations are underway. IGP Islamabad Muhammad Ahsan Younas has appreciated this overall performance of the police teams and further ordered to intensify the crackdown. "Safety and security of the citizens is our foremost priority and no laxity will be tolerated in this regard" he added.