Tag: Seized

Two drug peddlers held, drugs, arms seized

WAZIRABAD - Wazirabad Sadar police, in a raid on a house in Thathi Arain, Allahabad, arrested Goga Khan and his brother-in-law Zahid Khan and recovered 8kg charas, 2kg heroin, 2kg opium, a pistol, a dagger and Rs 200,000 from them.
ARREST OF JOURNALIST'S KILLERS DEMANDED: Wazirabad Press Club President Iftikhar Ahmad Butt and some other members have strongly condemned the brutal killing of journalist M Asghar and demanded action against his killers. In a joint statement, they

120-Kg narcotics seized in Chagai

QUETTA - Security Forces foiled the drug smuggling bid and recovered a large quantity of narcotics from a vehicle in Chagai near Pak-Afghan border on Saturday.
As per details, acting on a tip off, Security Forces seized 120-Kg opium
from a vehicle. The drug smugglers managed to escape.
A case has been registered against the unknown men.

254 bottles of liquor seized

SIALKOT - Uggoki police have seized 254 bottles of imported liquor from a dubious car during checking near Sahowala-Sambrial.
The Sialkot district police officer told journalists that the police had also arrested three accused, Akram, his wife Khalida and Ikram, who were bringing liquor from Islamabad to Sialkot and its surrounding areas.
The police have sent the accused behind bars and have started investigation after registering a case against them.

Two arrested, explosives seized

PESHAWAR - Peshawar police recovered a huge quantity of explosives on Saturday and apprehended two people, foiling an attempt of terrorism. The officials said Chamkani police squad, through a prior tip, intercepted a vehicle and recovered high intensity explosive materials and detonators. The recovered items were 2,250 safety fuses, 257 kilograms of high intensity explosive materials and 10,000 detonators. The police also arrested two people who were shifted to an unknown place in

Damascus protesters seized, Deraa chants ‘freedom’

DAMASCUS/DERAA - Syrian security men seized dozens of people who staged a brief pro-democracy march in Damascus on Friday, as protests that have flared in the south inspired support in the capital.
But a day after President Bashar al-Assad, scion of half a century of Baathist rule, offered to consider granting political freedoms, thousands marched freely in the southern city of Deraa behind the coffins of protesters gunned down by Assad's forces.
"Freedom is ringing out!"

175kg explosives seized, two militants held in Peshawar

PESHAWAR - Political administration FR Kohat have
arrested two militants and recovered 175 kg explosives from their
possession, Assistant Political Agent said.
APA Gul Jamal on a tip-off conducted search operation in Akhorwal,
area of Darra Adam Khel, and recovered 175 kg explosive material from
a flying coach and arrested two handlers.
Those arrested were identified as Gulzar and Gul Islam residents of
North Waziristan Agency.

Fake beverage factory seized in Kasur

KASUR - Kasur police seized a factory for manufacturing fake cold drinks. Reportedly, Manzoor Ahmed, a driver in Elite Force, was running a factory of fake cold drinks of Pepsi and Coca Cola in village Rangpur. On a tip off, the police raided the village and recovered 56 bottles of fake cold drinks.
Traders rally against rising crime: Traders took out a rally against the failure of the police to control the rising crime in the district.
The traders observed a complete

Two suspects held, 16 motorcycles seized in Muridke

MURIDKE - Lahore police seized 16 stolen motorcycles and arrested two accused from the city area of Muridke. Reportedly, Hanjarwal Police Station conducted a raid here at Iqbal Park Muridke under the supervision of Sabzazar Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Shoaib Ahmed and seized 16 new Honda 125 motorcycles from a house. The police claimed that the accused had stolen and snatched the motorcycles from different areas of Lahore and had been living in the house which was the

Two shot dead, arms seized in Balochistan

QUETTA - Two people were shot dead in separate incidents in Kuchlak and Panjgur town on Saturday while the security forces recovered a huge cache of arms from Dukki area, police said.
Unidentified armed motorcyclists opened fire on Jamal-ud-Din in Kuchlak town, in the outskirts of Quetta. As a result, he received critical wounds and succumbed to his injuries. The assailants fled the scene. Police said the motive behind the killing was yet to be ascertained.
Meanwhile,

Adulterated food seized from factory

FAISALABAD - A district health team raided a factory and recovered tons of adulterated red chili being packed by its employees. The raid was a part of Distirct Coordination Officer (DCO) Nasim Sadiq's ongoing crackdown against those playing with the lives of people by selling unhygienic and adulterated food items.
The DCO had recently formed a special committee headed by Dr Captain Muhammad Akram to root out adulteration from the city. The committee was tipped off that a factory

Two terrorists held, hand grenades seized

FAISALABAD - Faisalabad Police, during a snap checking, stopped an auto-rickshaw and arrested a terrorist and recovered two hand grenades from him. According to details, Lorry Addah police ordered the driver of an auto-rickshaw coming out of the local bus stand to stop for checking. When the passenger in the rickshaw saw the police, he jumped out of the vehicle and tried to flee on foot but he was arrested.
The police recovered two hand grenades from his possession. He was

5kg hashish seized at airport

KARACHI - The Karachi airport unit of the Pakistan Customs Drug Enforcement Cell (DEC) seized 5kg hashish from an outbound courier parcel at the air export point. On receiving information that underground drug trafficking mafia was using household goods and utensils for concealing drugs, the DEC staff intercepted an outbound courier package comprising a wooden crate, which was booked by Abid Mahmood from Attock in the name of Muhammad Murad at an address in Hong Kong.
A detailed

5kgs hashish seized at airport

KARACHI - The Karachi airport unit of the Pakistan Customs Drug Enforcement Cell (DEC) seized 5kg hashish from an outbound courier parcel at the air export point.
On receiving information that underground drug trafficking mafia was using household goods and utensils for concealing drugs, the DEC staff intercepted an outbound courier package comprising a wooden crate, which was booked by Abid Mahmood from Attock in the name of Muhammad Murad at an address in Hong Kong.
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Dacoits arrested, Rs 800,000 seized within hours

FAISALABAD - The police moved into action and recovered Rs 800,000 snatched from a disabled woman who was robbed while travelling in a rickshaw. According to details, Abida Parveen, a disabled old woman of Mohallah Fatehabad of Jhaal Khanuana Chowk, used to call a rickshaw driver Nazeer Ahmed whenever she needed to go out for any household chore.
On the day of the incident, she called Nazeer and told him that she wanted to take money to her brother in Kaleem Shaheeed Colony. She

Would-be Sindh PA attackers nabbed, hit-list seized

KARACHI - Police foiled a possible terror attack attempt on the Sindh Assembly building when they arrested three suspects having close links to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. A senior official told Pakistan Today that the police on a tip-off raided a house in Orangi Town No 11 and arrested Qasim Iqbal, Jalaluddin and Moosa Kazim with a huge cache of weapons.
Police claimed that the detained suspects had been planning a suicide attack to blow up the Sindh Assembly building.

Property, accounts of BoP scam accused seized

LAHORE - An accountability court on Wednesday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to freeze the bank accounts of the accused in the Bank of Punjab (BoP) loan scam, including former president Hamesh Khan, Shoaib Qureshi and Haroon Aziz, along with two directors of Haris Steel Mills, Sheikh Afzal and Sheikh Munir.
The court also directed NAB to take the property of accused into its possession. The court issued the orders on an application by NAB through prosecutor

Importer claims zoo not feeding seized lions well

KARACHI - Despite the passage of more than two weeks since four lions were seized at the Karachi airport and shifted to the Karachi zoo, the provincial wildlife authority has still not made the final decision on the fate of these animals.
Osaka Traders owner Irfan Ahmed, who imported these lions from South Africa, claims that the Karachi zoo authorities have stopped feeding the animals, as they do not have sufficient funds.
"The four lions eat around 50 kg meat everyday