Mardan : The police have arrested 116 suspects, including 10 proclaimed offenders and six facilitators of criminals along with huge quantity of weapons and drugs in the last 24 hours, a senior police official said on Friday.
Briefing the media, District Police Officer (DPO) Dr Zahidullah Khan said that Mardan police under the National Action Plan conducted several search operations in different parts of Mardan and arrested 116 suspected persons.
The DPO added that the police also checked several suspected places and registered cases against 15 unregistered tenants. He added that police checked data of 145 motorbikes and vehicles and 138 suspected people in the search operation.
DPO added that police also seized two Kalashnikov rifles, one Kalakov rifles, two rifles, one short gun, 21 pistols and 335 cartridges of the different bore. The DPO added that police seized 3,267 kg hashish and 5 letters of wine in the search operation.
DPO added that police also registered cases against 47 people under sections 62,107 and 151, registered cases against 62 people under section 109/55 and against registered cases against 5 people under sections 110/55.
Meanwhile Zahidullah Khan also visited Abdul Wali Khan University and district jail Mardan and checked the security arrangements and also issued directives to the security officials to more strengthen the security arrangements.
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