29,093 search operations in 8 months

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The Punjab Police conducted 29,093 search operations throughout the province during the past eight months.

In these operations, police investigated 801,203 people and registered cases against 4,535 accused.

Under the Foreign Act, police registered 3,633 cases, official sources said.

During the general hold up, police took action against 123,624 vehicles without number plates, 41,001 vehicles with unspecified number plates and 9,634 vehicles with tinted windows besides recovering 5,464 illegal weapons.

Meanwhile, 2,076 cases were registered for display of weapons, 4,901 cases on violation of the sound system regulation ordinance and 5,349 arrests were made.

The Punjab Police arrested 1,008 accused and registered 1,038 cases over wall-chalking and hate speeches.

About 5,741 cases were registered for violation of the rental act and 535 people were arrested.

Some 68,955 proclaimed offenders were arrested in the past eight months, added the sources.