KARACHI  - The Quaidabad police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested four wanted drug dealers including siblings in various operations during crackdown against drug suppliers. 

According to police, a squad of Quaidabad police conducted raid in different areas and arrested four wanted drug dealers including two brothers on a tip-off. The arrested accused have been identified as Zahid Khan, Imtiaz Khan, Shaukat Ali and Shahid Ayaz.

The police said to have recovered more than 10 kg of fine quality hashish from the arrested accused. The names of the arrested suspects were included in the list of wanted drug dealers in the city. The arrested suspects confessed to supplying drugs to drug dealers in different parts of the city, including Malir district, the police officials said. The police has registered cases against the arrested accused and started further interrogation. 

AVLC nabs six motorcycle lifters

Anti Vehicle Lifting Cell (AVLC) of Sindh police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested six motorcycle lifters in Karachi. According to a statement issued by the senior superintendent of police (SSP) Arif Aslam Rao, the vehicle lifters were allegedly involved in stealing motorcycles in the city.

The SSP AVLC said that six motorcycle lifter suspects were arrested and seven stolen motorcycles recovered from their possession. The arrested were identified as Rana Niaz, Ashiq Ali, Tahir Sakhro, Tahir, Danish, Haider Ali and Ali Anwar.

All the accused were wanted to Karachi police in various criminal and motorcycle lifting cases, the SSP said. He said accused Ashiq Ali was a big buyer of stolen motorbikes and used to sell them in Sujawal and different areas in Sindh without documents.

He said that an accused, Haider Ali’s father had also been arrested and jailed 14 times in motorcycle theft cases.

According to the SSP, the accused, Tahir Sakhro, commits most of the robberies in Bin Qasim, Quaidabad, Landhi, Malir and Khokhrapar. Accused Niaz alias Fuji belongs to a large gang and specialises in motorcycle theft. Accused Ali Anwar is an accomplice of criminals and accused Haider Ali commits thefts on a daily basis.” The detainees have been shifted to an undisclosed location for further investigation.