BAHAWALPUR: The Lodhran district police smashed five robbers’ gangs, arrested their 15 members and recovered valuables, including motorcycles and Rs10m cash, from them. At a press conference on Saturday, DPO Lodhran Abdul Raoof Babar said the City police busted three gangs and recovered valuables worth Rs8.6m in addition to five snatched motorcycles from the 11 gangsters who were now in custody.
Briefing the media, the DPO said the arrested 15 members of the gangs allegedly deprived the people of their motorcycles and valuables at gunpoint in house and shop robberies cases. He said with the arrest of 15 members, a number of burglary, robbery and theft cases of different police stations were traced.
He expressed hope that with their arrest and the recovery of stolen articles worth over Rs10M, the district crime graph would clearly register a sharp decline in the coming days. He lauded the efforts of the police officials involved in the operation to unearth the gangs and announced cash prizes and certificates for them. PRO Imran Umar to DPO told Dawn that Saddar police smashed two gangs, arrested their four members and recovered stolen property worth Rs1.2m and four snatched motorcycles from their possession.
(Daily Dawn)
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