Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a dacoit gang and arrested six other outlaws besides recovering wine, three pistols, ornaments and looted items from their possession.
According to a spokesperson for Islamabad Police, SSP Islamabad Sajid Kiani had assigned special task to SP (Investigation) Muhammad Ilyas to ensure arrest of those involved in dacoities. He constituted a special team under supervision of DSP Muhammad Hussain Lassi which also included SHO Noon, ASIs Qurban Ali and Ali Akber and others. This team started investigation into various incidents and succeeded to bust a gang of dacoits.
The arrested robbers have been identified as Adnan, Kamran, Zain and Zahid.
The police team recovered two illicit pistols, two stolen pistols, gold ornaments, two laptops, looted items and stolen property from them. Meanwhile, Secretariat police arrested Muhammad Zaighim and recovered one 30 bore pistol along with ammunition from him.
Cases have been registered against these nabbed persons and further investigation is underway from them.
SSP Islamabad has appreciated the overall performance and directed all SHOs to ensure high vigilance and strict patrolling in their respective areas.