Karachi police in the ongoing drive to check crimes and to control the law and order situation in the metropolis, arrested 241 accused during the past three days. A police statement on Monday said that those arrested included 157 absconders and six proclaimed offenders. It said that there were 16 encounters of the police with the alleged criminals during the period and that 10 gangs of alleged criminals were busted during the operations. 64 pistols, four sub-machine guns (SMGs), five rifles, one Kalashinkov, one repeater, three mousers and five hand grenades were also recovered from the arrested accused.
