The EU has donated four latest robot-operated bomb disposal vans worth 4 million Euros to Punjab Police to combat terrorism. A 5-member delegation of Civil Law Enforcement Agencies of European Union met with Punjab Inspector General Javed Iqbal at Punjab Police Headquarters on Tuesday and handed the vans over. Iqbal also held a meeting with the delegation which included Tin Van Winsen, Elisabeth Loacker, Pierre Mayaudon, Michael Merke and Simona Gilotta.
The meeting was also attended by Training Additional IG Sarmed Saeed, CID AIG Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera and Elite Police Force DIG Zulfiqar Cheema. The delegation briefed Iqbal about the configuration and functioning of the bomb disposal vans, who thanked the EU and said the van would start operating after three weeks of training. He also asked the delegation to provide the police with necessary equipments for investigations. Well placed sources said 8 vans had reached the city the remaining four vans would soon be handed over to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.
