Sargodha police arrested 687 accused including 144 proclaimed offenders, recovered huge amounts of drugs and illegal arms.
As per directions of IGP Punjab, search operation and snap checking have been speeded up for elimination of criminals. DPO Sargodha.
During the operations, law abiding citizens convenience should be cared about. IG Punjab Shoaib Dastgir.
As per directions inspector General Police Punjab Shoaib Dastgir, speedy actions are continued against criminals activities especially illegal weapons, drugs dealers and kite sellers across the province. Sargodha police under the supervision of DPO Sargodha Ammara Athar, 09 kalashinkoves, 23 rifles, 444 bore, 08 rifles, 223 bore, 09 rifles 22 bore, 54 guns 12 bore, 03 revolvers 32 bore, 182 pistols 30 bore and 2029 bullets and cartridges have been seized and cases have been lodged against the accused during the last one month. Likewise, 144 proclaimed offenders have been arrested in a crackdown among them 09 accused are involved in murder, 02 are involved in dacoity and 14 proclaimed offenders are involved in road robbery. Similarly, the district police arrested 208 drug dealers and seized 21 kg heroin, 103 kg chars, 3090 bottles of wine and one running wine making kiln from the accused whereas 75 search operations have been conducted under supervision of all SDPOs in different areas of the district in which intelligence branches of Police also took part. In these search operations hundreds of houses, shops, plazas, hotels and inns etc were searched whereas thousands of documents of individuals have been verified by bio-metric machine. Besides all of this, 35 cases have been registered and 48 individuals have been arrested seizing hundreds of chemical threads and kites from them. DPO Sargodha said that the district police is engaged by day and night to eradicate curse of drugs and other professional criminals. Community policing, provision timely reforms, protection of wealth, respect and lives of people are top priorities of Police and as per directions of IGP Punjab Shoaib Dastgir, snap, search operations and checking have been started with more speed by which many achievements and successes have been taken. She further said that, it has been directed by IG Punjab to be careful during these operations so that law abiding citizens could be facilitated to the maximum end and I am personally monitoring these operations and it is also being ensured that sense of protection should be provided to people and they should consider police as their helper and guide so that environment of trust between public and police may be maintained.
(Handout No.46)
Nayab Haider
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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