Lahore police have arrested 857 criminals during crackdown against proclaimed offenders, drug pushers and illegal weapon holders in last two weeks, police officials said on Sunday.
Per details, the police conducted raids and arrested 187 proclaimed offenders and 213 court absconders.
They also smashed 15 gangs of bandits, arrested their 42 members and recovered stolen property worth Rs 1.3 million.
During crackdown, the police arrested 119 drug pushers and registered 82 cases against them and recovered 20 Kg hashish, 7 Kg heroin and 723 bottles of liquor.
Police also arrested 99 accused involved in illegal weapons and registered cases against them. As many as 105 gamblers were also nabbed and stake money amounting to Rs 547,000 was also recovered from them.
