The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of the capital police arrested several members of four dacoit gangs here on Wednesday. The police also recovered looted items worth millions of rupees from their possession including a stolen car, hashish, 15 mobile phones, and weapons. A police spokesman said Senior Superintendent of Police Muhammad Yousuf Malik had directed Superintendent Police (Investigation) Ch. Liaqat Ali to arrest these dacoits. A special team was constituted, comprising CIA in-charge Bashir Noon, inspectors Mubarak Ali, and Malik Muhammad Bashir, sub-inspector Zulfiqar Ahmed, assistant sub-inspectors Haider Ali Shah, and Tariq Rauf and others. The team arrested a total of 18 people including two women. The dacoits had confessed to looting ‘Panjgaran’ petrol pump besides committing robberies in areas of Sector F-11, Shahpur Bara Kau, Faizabad, Alipur Firash and Taramri.
