Islamabad police have busted a gang of thieves working in various houses in the guise of housemaids and recovered stolen valuables, including gold ornaments from their possession, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
According to details, Assistant Sub Inspector Muhammad Iqbal from Ramana police station arrested eight persons, including women, who were involved in various theft incidents after getting the jobs at houses as house maids. They have been identified as Irum Bibi, Sahzia, Zareena, Sarwar Bibi, Pervez s/o Sarang Ali resident of Thatta Mian district Chiniot, Salamat Ali s/o Niamat Ali resident of Faisalabad, Azhar Ali s/o Painda Khan, a resident of Chiniot, and Kashif. The police also recovered gold ornaments worth hundreds of thousands of rupees from their possession. During the preliminary investigation, they confessed to several thefts and dacoity incidents in Faisalabad and in the jurisdiction of Shalimar police station Islamabad. Meanwhile, ASI Ahmed Usman from Kohsar police station recovered a car (LXG-9723) from Aftab Ahmed Abbassi which was found stolen from Lahore. ASI Shahid Muneer from CIA police arrested a thief Idrees and recovered stolen items worth Rs 650,000 from him. An accused Kamran was apprehended by ASI Ashfaq Ahmed from Bhara Kahu police in possession of four wine bottles while a thief Ibrar Ahmed was apprehended for having a pistol.
