District Police Officer (DPO) Abbottabad, Zahoor Babar Afridi has directed police posts across the district for conducting indiscriminate crackdown against criminals including narcotics sellers, proclaimed offenders (Pos) gambling dens, brothels and encroachment mafia.
He issued these directives while addressing a meeting of Police Posts Incharges across district Abbottabad on Thursday.
DPO said that crime control is the prime duty of police and the purpose of the police posts is the mitigation of burden on police stations. He directed the acceleration of crackdown on criminals in the jurisdiction of police posts.
He further directed tightening noose around proclaimed offenders and narcotics sellers and initiating of legal proceedings against their facilitators too. He also directed strict eye on the movement of encroachment mafia and implementation of court decrees in land dispute cases and also action against gambling dens and brothels.
On this occasion, the DPO also directed all police posts for furnishing daily progress reports.
He also heard the problems highlighted by incharges of Police Posts and directed concerned authorities for their forthwith resolution.
